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Definition of Bethink
1. Verb. Cause oneself to consider something.
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
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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