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Definition of Methinks
1. v. impers. It seems to me; I think. See Me.
Definition of Methinks
1. Contraction. (archaic or humorous) It seems to me. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Methinks
1. it seems to me -- METHINKS is an impersonal verb and is used only in the 3d person sing. [v past tense METHOUGHT]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Methinks
Literary usage of Methinks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"methinks I methinks they mil be when London is properly governed. ... methinks ME.
GLADSTONE will be relieved^ in future from much inquisitive ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"methinks I hear * As if rehearsing to the rocks around Its dream-like murmur
melting on the ear,— Loom out gigantic o'er the gulfs of time ; Telling of ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"(/ methinks the poor town has been troubled too long, "With Phyllis and ...
TIA, methinks you are unfit For your great lord's embrace; For though we all ..."
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