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bethink

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be⋅think

  [bi-thingk] verb, -thought, -think⋅ing.
Use bethink in a Sentence
–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-, think 1
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be·think   (bĭ-thĭngk')   
v.   be·thought (-thôt'), be·think·ing, be·thinks

v.   tr.

  1. To cause (oneself) to reflect on or consider.

  2. To remind (oneself); remember.

v.   intr. Archaic
To meditate; ponder.

[Middle English bithinken, from Old English bethencan; see tong- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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