English
Etymology
Old English biþencan|biþen�an, from Germanic, corresponding to be- + think. Cognate with Dutch bedenken, German bedenken.
Pronunciation
IPA|/bɪ�θɪ�k/
Verb
en-verb|bethinks|bethinking|bethought
- archaic To think of something or somebody again; to remember, to consider, or to reflect upon.
#*1928: w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, w:Orlando:_A_Biography|Orlando
#*: He bethought him with pride that he had always been called a scholar, and sneered at for his love of solitude and books.
References
#R:Webster 1913
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