Definition of Bethink

1. Verb. Cause oneself to consider something.

Causes: Consider, Study

2. Verb. Consider or ponder something carefully. "She bethought her of their predicament"

Definition of Bethink

1. v. t. To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought.

2. v. i. To think; to recollect; to consider.

Definition of Bethink

1. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To think about, to recollect. ¹

2. Verb. (pronominal) To think (term of) (something or somebody) or (term that) (+ clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon. ¹

3. Verb. to meditate, ponder; to consider ¹

4. Verb. to determine, resolve ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bethink

1. to consider [v -THOUGHT, -THINKING, -THINKS] - See also: consider

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bethink

bethabara
bethabara wood
bethanechol
bethanechol chloride
bethanidine
bethanidine sulfate
bethank
bethanked
bethanking
bethanks
bethatch
bethel
bethels
bethesda
bethesdas
bethink (current term)
bethinking
bethinks
bethonged
bethorn
bethorned
bethorning
bethorns
bethought
bethrall
bethralls
bethreatened
bethrong
bethroth
bethrow

Literary usage of Bethink

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"bethink thee what a dubious work is war; "Have pity on thy father's reverend years, "Who even now thy absence daily mourns "In Ardea, his native land and ..."

2. English Poetry (1170-1892) by John Matthews Manley, Manly, John Matthews, 1865-1940 (1907)
"His flocks are folded, he comes home at night, As merry as a king in his delight ; ю And merrier too: For kings bethink them what the state require, ..."

3. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... as used in Rome ; Perfumed and valiant only in the debauch : Wretches, which, when they wasted have their substance, bethink them of new wars. ..."

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