bethink Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause oneself to consider something
  2. verb consider or ponder something carefully
    • She bethought her of their predicament

WordNet

Be*think" transitive verb
Etymology
AS. beencan; pref. be- + encan to think. See Think.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Bethought present participle & verbal noun Bethinking
Definitions
  1. 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" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To think; to recollect; to consider. "Bethink ere thou dismiss us." Byron.

Webster 1913