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Audio Help /bɪˈθɪŋk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bi-thingk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -thought, -think·ing. –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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v.
be·thought (-thôt'), be·think·ing, be·thinks
v.
tr.
- To cause (oneself) to reflect on or consider.
- To remind (oneself); remember.
v.
intr. Archaic
To meditate; ponder.
[Middle English bithinken, from Old English bethencan; see tong- in Indo-European roots.]
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