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–verb (used with object)

1.	to think; consider (used reflexively): He bethought himself a moment.

2.	to remind (oneself): to bethink oneself of family obligations.

3.	to remember; recall (used reflexively): She lives in the past now, bethinking herself of happier days.

4.	to determine; resolve: Under the circumstances I could not otherwise bethink me.

5.	Archaic. to bear in mind; remember.

–verb (used without object)

6.	Archaic. to consider; meditate.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME bethenken, OE bethencan. See be-, think¹

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be·think Audio Help   (bĭ-thĭngk') Pronunciation Key
v.   be·thought (-thôt'), be·think·ing, be·thinks

v.   tr.

v. intr. Archaic
To meditate; ponder.

[Middle English bithinken, from Old English bethencan; see tong- in Indo-European roots.]

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