Definitions for: Bethink


[v] consider or ponder something carefully: She bethought her of their predicament.
[v] cause oneself to consider something



Webster (1913) Definition: Be*think", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bethought; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bethinking.] [AS. be?encan; pref. be- + ?encan to
think. See Think.]
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.

I have bethought me of another fault. --Shak.

The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and
recover. --Milton.

We bethink a means to break it off. --Shak.

Syn: To recollect; remember; reflect.


Be*think", v. i.
To think; to recollect; to consider. ``Bethink ere thou
dismiss us.'' --Byron.

See Also: chew over, consider, contemplate, excogotate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, study, think over

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