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–verb (impersonal); past me·thought. Archaic.

it seems to me.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME me thinketh, OE me thyncth. See me, think², -s²

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intr.v. Past tense me·thought (-thôt') Archaic
It seems to me.

[Middle English me thinkes, from Old English mē thyncth : mē, to me; see me + thyncth, it seems; see tong- in Indo-European roots.]

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O.E. me þyncð "it seems to me," from me, dat. of I, + þyncð, third pers. sing. of þyncan "to seem," reflecting the O.E. distinction between þyncan "to seem" and related þencan "to think," which bedevils modern students of the language (see think). The two words were constantly confused, then finally merged, in M.E.

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Me*thinks"\, v. impers. [imp. Methought.] [AS. [thorn]yncan to seem, m[=e] [thorn]ynce[eth], m[=e] [thorn][=u]hte, OE. me thinketh, me thoughte; akin to G. d["u]nken to seem, denken to think, and E. think. See Me, and Think.] It seems to me; I think. See Me. [R., except in poetry.]

In all ages poets have been had in special reputation, and, methinks, not without great cause. --Spenser.

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