bethought

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of bethink.

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verb (used with object)

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

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

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

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

Archaic. to bear in mind; remember.

verb (used without object)

Archaic. to consider; meditate.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English bethenken, Old English bethencan. See be-, think¹

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bethink (bɪˈθɪŋk)

—vb (often foll by of) , -thinks, -thinking, -thought
1.	to cause (oneself) to consider or meditate
2.	to remind (oneself)

bethought (bɪˈθɔːt)

—vb
	the past tense and past participle of bethink

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Word Origin & History

bethink

reflexive verb, O.E. beþencan "to consider," from be- + þencan "to think" (see think).

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Example sentences

Even the traffic information used to inform travelers and manage traffic in

real time can bethought of as performance measures.

The dissipation by precipitation can bethought as proceeding in two steps.

Feedback runs can bethought of as simulating one type of click-based system.

While the equations are posed as a nonlinear diffusion equation, their

solutions can bethought of as a wave problem.