bethinkv.

/bɪˈθɪŋk/

Forms: Past tense and participle bethought /bɪˈθɔːt/. In Old English biþencan, Middle English bithenchen, bithenke: for variants see think v.²

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English biþęncan = Old Saxon bithenkjan , Old High German bidenchan (Middle High German, modern German, Dutch bedenken ), Gothic biþagkjan < Old Germanic *biþaŋkjan , < bi- , be- prefix + þaŋkjan to think v.² The sense-development may be compared with that of advise v. and French aviser.

I. transitive.

a. To think of or about, bear in mind; to call to mind, recollect. Obsolete except with clause.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)]

i-thenchec897

bethinkOE

mingOE

thinkOE

monelOE

umbethinkc1175

to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275

minc1330

record1340

revert1340

remembera1382

mindc1384

monishc1384

to bring to mindc1390

remenec1390

me meanetha1400

reducec1425

to call to mind1427

gaincall1434

pense1493

remord?1507

revocate1527

revive1531

cite1549

to call back1572

recall1579

to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583

to call to remembrance1583

revoke1586

reverse1590

submonish1591

recover1602

recordate1603

to call up1606

to fetch up1608

reconjure1611

collect1612

remind1615

recollect1631

rememorize1632

retrieve1644

think1671

reconnoitre1729

member1823

reminisce1829

rememorate1835

recomember1852

evoke1856

updraw1879

withcall1901

access1978

OE Guthlac B 1296 Tid is þæt þu fere, ond þa ærendu eal biþence.

c1250 Laȝamon Brut 8257 Biþench þat he was Lud kinges sone.

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 982 Her bewte to bythenkyn, and her youthe.

1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 33 Bethinck that the crowne of glorie is set forthe..in the end of the race.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xxi. 34 Tis well bethought .

1885 E. Arnold Secret of Death 10 Bethink How those of old, the saints, clove to their word.

†b. To think upon or remember (a person). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1320 Cast. Loue 482 And to habben me bi-þouht.

c1350 Leg. Rood (1871) 19 A bi-heste he hedde Whon þe tyme weore folfuld vr lord him wolde biþenche.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 164 We bithenken tho persoones.

†2. To think of, imagine, conceive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > conceive, form in the mind [verb (transitive)]

readOE

thinkOE

bethinkc1175

makea1400

imaginec1400

conceive?a1425

suppose1586

conceit1591

ideate1610

braina1616

forma1616

engross1632

cogitate1856

conceptualize1873

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)]

seeOE

thinkOE

bethinkc1175

devise1340

portraya1375

imagec1390

dreama1393

supposea1393

imaginea1398

conceive?a1425

fantasyc1430

purposea1513

to frame to oneselfa1529

'magine1530

imaginate1541

fancy1551

surmit?1577

surmise1586

conceit?1589

propose1594

ideate1610

project1612

figurea1616

forma1616

to call up1622

propound1634

edify1645

picture1668

create1679

fancify1748

depicture1775

vision1796

to conjure up1819

conjure1820

envisage1836

to dream up1837

visualize1863

envision1921

pre-visualize1969

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 25 Biþenchen mid his fule heorte þe heo wulle underfon swa heȝ þing.

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 772 He spak moore harm than herte may bithynke.

†3. To think over (a thing) with a view to decision or action; to consider. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)]

i-thenchec897

showeOE

i-mune971

thinkOE

overthinkOE

takec1175

umbethinkc1175

waltc1200

bethinkc1220

wend?c1225

weighc1380

delivera1382

peisea1382

considerc1385

musec1390

to look over ——a1393

advise?c1400

debatec1400

roll?c1400

revert?a1425

advertc1425

deliberc1425

movec1425

musec1425

revolvec1425

contemplec1429

overseec1440

to think overc1440

perpend1447

roil1447

pondera1450

to eat inc1450

involvec1470

ponderate?a1475

reputec1475

counterpoise1477

poisea1483

traversec1487

umbecast1487

digest1488

undercast1489

overhalec1500

rumble1519

volve?1520

compassa1522

recount1526

trutinate1528

cast1530

expend1531

ruminate1533

concoct1534

contemplate1538

deliberate1540

revolute1553

chawa1558

to turn over1568

cud1569

cogitate1570

huik1570

chew1579

meditatec1580

discourse1581

speculate1599

theorize1599

scance1603

verse1614

pensitate1623

agitate1629

spell1633

study1659

designa1676

introspect1683

troll1685

balance1692

to figure on or upon1837

reflect1862

mull1873

to mull over1874

scour1882

mill1905

c1220 Bestiary 94 Or he it biðenken can hise eȝen weren mirke.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 289 Hii..byþoȝte hou hii myȝte best myd þe holy body do.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2748 Þe werewolf..bi-þout how were best þe bestes to help.

?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 10 Al things which he hath..either intended, by thought, saide, or done.

1614 R. Wilkinson Paire of Serm. Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Bethinking by what meanes I might best either expresse or deserue thankes.

1647 F. Bland Souldiers March 32 If they should..seriously bethink what clemencie..they would desire, if in the same case.

†4. To devise, contrive, plan, arrange. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]

forethinkc897

bethinka1225

compass1297

contrivec1330

ordain1340

conjectc1380

imaginec1380

cast1382

ordaina1387

advisec1400

forecast1413

imagec1450

ordainc1450

project1477

foreminda1535

invent1539

aimc1540

practise1550

plat1556

trive1573

meditate1582

patterna1586

plot1589

platform1592

design1594

chew1600

forelay1605

to map out1618

to cut out1619

agitate1629

laya1631

plod1631

cut1645

calculate1654

concert1702

to scheme out1716

plan1718

model1725

to rough out1738

to lay out1741

plan1755

prethink1760

shape1823

programme1834

pre-plan1847

encompass1882

target1948

a1225 Juliana 67 Greiðe al þat þu const grimliche biþenchen.

c1320 Cast. Loue 698 Seue berbicans..Wiþ gret ginne al bi-þouht.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum 35 Go we alle anon to the Emperour, and be-thynke vs a remedye.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. iii. 39 We bethinke a meanes to breake it off.

†5. To regret, repent, grudge (= Old English ofþęncan.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > hesitate or scruple at [verb (transitive)] > be unwilling to grant or allow

begrudgec1390

grutchc1400

grudgec1500

repine1548

bethink1682

1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 24 Neither ought we to bethink what we spend upon them.

1687 in London Gaz. No. 2252/5 That Your Majesty may never have cause..to withdraw or bethink the..Liberty given us.

1696 J. Locke in H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke (1876) II. xiii. 338 I can never bethink any pains or time of mine in the service of my country.

†6. causal. To remind (one) of, that. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > remind [verb (transitive)]

mingOE

mina1200

bethink1340

recorda1382

reducec1425

rememberc1425

rememorate1460

mind1524

revive?1564

remembrance1593

recall1595

prompt1600

remind1621

enmind1645

immind1647

refricate1657

commonish1661

flap1790

to touch up1796

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 100 Þis word uader þe beþengþ þet þou art zone.

II. reflexive.

†7. To collect one's thoughts; to take thought; to recollect oneself, return to oneself. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > contemplation of self > reflect on oneself [verb]

bethinkc1000

rememberc1405

to descend into (also within) oneself1539

finger1546

reflect1595

recollect1640

introvert1671

Hamletize1844

introspect1884

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xv. 17 Þa beþohte he hine and cwæð.

a1200 Moral Ode 43 in Lamb. Hom. 161 Wel late ich habbe me bi-þocht.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 244/1 She bethoughte her and prayed thus in her self.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings viii. 47 If they shall bethinke themselues..and repent.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxviii. 241 The rest..may find the grace..to bethink themselves, and recover.

a. To occupy oneself in thought; to reflect, consider, think; also, to call to mind, recollect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > remember [verb (reflexive)]

mingOE

bethink?c1225

umbethinka1300

rememberc1350

rememberc1405

record1483

remembera1522

think1556

revive1774

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > bethink oneself, consider [verb (reflexive)]

bethink?c1225

to be bethoughtc1250

beredec1275

counselc1290

umbethinka1300

umthinka1300

visea1330

advisec1380

umbthinka1400

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 149 Ȝef hahire wel biþochte.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3821 Ælc Frensc-mon þe wes aht. hæfð hine seolfne bi-þoht.

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 893 The iustice him gan bi~thenche, And thus aposed that wenche.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 56 Eve..ansuered to lightely withoute bethenkinge her.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 70 Ile tell yoo if I can when I haue better bethought me.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 148 I will bethinke me: come againe to morrow.

1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. viii. 525 Advising them to bethink themselves, and to take soberer Measures.

1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 85 Rip bethought himself a moment.

b. with infinitive (obsolete) or object clause, esp. indirect interrogative.

ΚΠ

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 155 Hwenne ho hom biðohten þet heo isuneȝed hefden.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋228 Bythynke him wel that he hath deserved thilke peynes.

1634 T. Heywood Maidenhead Lost iv, in Wks. (1874) IV. 148 Bethinke thee what thou vndertak'st.

1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude vi. 93 To bethink themselves how little they may owe to their own merit.

c. with of (formerly on, upon).

ΚΠ

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2917 Þatt godess þeoww himm ȝeorne birrþ Biþennkenn. & bilokenn. Off all þatt tatt he wile don.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 368 Kyng Wyllam byþoȝte hym ek of þe volc, þat was verlore.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 372 He by~þouȝte hym on þis swerde.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) v. v. 76 Thenne I bethought me vppon the byrdes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 453 I haue bethought me of another fault.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 113 The Greeks will..Bethink them of their country.

9. To take it into one's head, propose to oneself, resolve. (French s'aviser.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (reflexive)]

turnc1175

tightc1300

castc1386

bethink1387

ettlec1440

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. I. 139 Þanne þe lordes byþouȝte hem..oþerwise to fiȝte.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 125 Þe mayster him biþoȝt, Þat he wolde se þe semblé.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 302 It may be I shall otherwise bethinke me.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 264. ⁋5 A Fellow..has bethought himself of joining Profit and Pleasure together.

1884 W. J. Courthope Addison iv. 58 Charles naturally bethought himself of calling literature to his assistance.

III. intransitive.

10.

a. To consider, reflect, meditate, think. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > meditate, reflect [verb (intransitive)]

howOE

study?c1225

bethinkc1300

muse1340

recorda1400

imaginec1400

to take thoughtc1450

contemplaire1474

medite1483

remord1535

contemplate?1538

ruminate1547

meditate1560

scance1606

excogitate1630

cogitate1633

reflect1772

c1300 Beket 43 He moste bithenche, For he was stronge adrad ȝut.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxiv. 63 He was goon out to bithenk in the feeld.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) i. xiv. 11 I gan to bythenke to me yf euer I had seruyd ony seynt.

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes Ded. Bethinking with myselfe (most reuerende Father).

1817 Ld. Byron Manfred i. i. 167 Bethink ere thou dismiss us, ask again.

†b. with of, on, upon; = 1 – 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)]

thinkOE

bethinka1200

umthinka1300

to have mind ofc1300

casta1340

studya1375

delivera1382

to chew the cudc1384

to take advisementa1393

stema1400

compassc1400

advisec1405

deliberc1405

to make it wisec1405

to take deliberationc1405

enter?a1413

riddlec1426

hovec1440

devise?c1450

to study by (also in) oneself?c1450

considerc1460

porec1500

regard1523

deliberate1543

to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546

contemplate1560

consult1565

perpend1568

vise1568

to consider of1569

weigh1573

ruminate1574

dascanc1579

to lay to (one's) heart1588

pondera1593

debate1594

reflect1596

comment1597

perponder1599

revolvea1600

rumine1605

consider on, upon1606

to think twice1623

reflex1631

spell1645

ponderatea1652

to turn about1725

to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736

to wake over1771

incubatea1847

mull1857

fink1888

a1200 Moral Ode 162 in Trin. Coll. Hom. 224 He biðohte an helle fur.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2504 Biðenc [c1300 Otho Bi-þench] o ðire mon-schipe.

a1300 Floriz & Bl. 428 While i biþenche of sume ginne.

1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 1176 On this Castell to bethynke.

1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 10 I wyshe..the exchange..to bethinck on the wayters..on there..soules.

1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 38 His Eie-liddes haue considered and bethought of the means.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. ii. 75 He bethought on the meanes.

IV. passive.

11. to be bethought: to bethink oneself (in senses 7 – 9). See also bethought adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > bethink oneself, consider [verb (reflexive)]

bethink?c1225

to be bethoughtc1250

beredec1275

counselc1290

umbethinka1300

umthinka1300

visea1330

advisec1380

umbthinka1400

c1250 Old Eng. Misc. 166 To bidden his milce to late we beoð biþohte.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 767 Of a myrthe I am right now bithoght To doon yow ese.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 1080 It is not strange..An husbonde on his baathe to be bethought.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 172 And am bethought To take the basest and most poorest shape.

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单词	bethink
释义	bethinkv. /bɪˈθɪŋk/ Forms: Past tense and participle bethought /bɪˈθɔːt/. In Old English biþencan, Middle English bithenchen, bithenke: for variants see think v.² Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English biþęncan = Old Saxon bithenkjan , Old High German bidenchan (Middle High German, modern German, Dutch bedenken ), Gothic biþagkjan < Old Germanic biþaŋkjan , < bi-* , be- prefix + þaŋkjan to think v.² The sense-development may be compared with that of advise v. and French aviser. I. transitive. 1. a. To think of or about, bear in mind; to call to mind, recollect. Obsolete except with clause. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > call to mind, recollect [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 bethinkOE mingOE thinkOE monelOE umbethinkc1175 to draw (also take) into (or to) memorya1275 minc1330 record1340 revert1340 remembera1382 mindc1384 monishc1384 to bring to mindc1390 remenec1390 me meanetha1400 reducec1425 to call to mind1427 gaincall1434 pense1493 remord?1507 revocate1527 revive1531 cite1549 to call back1572 recall1579 to call to mind (also memory, remembrance)1583 to call to remembrance1583 revoke1586 reverse1590 submonish1591 recover1602 recordate1603 to call up1606 to fetch up1608 reconjure1611 collect1612 remind1615 recollect1631 rememorize1632 retrieve1644 think1671 reconnoitre1729 member1823 reminisce1829 rememorate1835 recomember1852 evoke1856 updraw1879 withcall1901 access1978 OE Guthlac B 1296 Tid is þæt þu fere, ond þa ærendu eal biþence. c1250 Laȝamon Brut 8257 Biþench þat he was Lud kinges sone. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 982 Her bewte to bythenkyn, and her youthe. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 33 Bethinck that the crowne of glorie is set forthe..in the end of the race. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xxi. 34 Tis well bethought . View more context for this quotation 1885 E. Arnold Secret of Death 10 Bethink How those of old, the saints, clove to their word. †b. To think upon or remember (a person). Obsolete. ΚΠ c1320 Cast. Loue 482 And to habben me bi-þouht. c1350 Leg. Rood (1871) 19 A bi-heste he hedde Whon þe tyme weore folfuld vr lord him wolde biþenche. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 164 We bithenken tho persoones. †2. To think of, imagine, conceive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > conceive, form in the mind [verb (transitive)] readOE thinkOE bethinkc1175 makea1400 imaginec1400 conceive?a1425 suppose1586 conceit1591 ideate1610 braina1616 forma1616 engross1632 cogitate1856 conceptualize1873 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > imagine or visualize [verb (transitive)] seeOE thinkOE bethinkc1175 devise1340 portraya1375 imagec1390 dreama1393 supposea1393 imaginea1398 conceive?a1425 fantasyc1430 purposea1513 to frame to oneselfa1529 'magine1530 imaginate1541 fancy1551 surmit?1577 surmise1586 conceit?1589 propose1594 ideate1610 project1612 figurea1616 forma1616 to call up1622 propound1634 edify1645 picture1668 create1679 fancify1748 depicture1775 vision1796 to conjure up1819 conjure1820 envisage1836 to dream up1837 visualize1863 envision1921 pre-visualize1969 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 25 Biþenchen mid his fule heorte þe heo wulle underfon swa heȝ þing. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 772 He spak moore harm than herte may bithynke. †3. To think over (a thing) with a view to decision or action; to consider. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > consider, deliberate [verb (transitive)] i-thenchec897 showeOE i-mune971 thinkOE overthinkOE takec1175 umbethinkc1175 waltc1200 bethinkc1220 wend?c1225 weighc1380 delivera1382 peisea1382 considerc1385 musec1390 to look over ——a1393 advise?c1400 debatec1400 roll?c1400 revert?a1425 advertc1425 deliberc1425 movec1425 musec1425 revolvec1425 contemplec1429 overseec1440 to think overc1440 perpend1447 roil1447 pondera1450 to eat inc1450 involvec1470 ponderate?a1475 reputec1475 counterpoise1477 poisea1483 traversec1487 umbecast1487 digest1488 undercast1489 overhalec1500 rumble1519 volve?1520 compassa1522 recount1526 trutinate1528 cast1530 expend1531 ruminate1533 concoct1534 contemplate1538 deliberate1540 revolute1553 chawa1558 to turn over1568 cud1569 cogitate1570 huik1570 chew1579 meditatec1580 discourse1581 speculate1599 theorize1599 scance1603 verse1614 pensitate1623 agitate1629 spell1633 view1637 study1659 designa1676 introspect1683 troll1685 balance1692 to figure on or upon1837 reflect1862 mull1873 to mull over1874 scour1882 mill1905 c1220 Bestiary 94 Or he it biðenken can hise eȝen weren mirke. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 289 Hii..byþoȝte hou hii myȝte best myd þe holy body do. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2748 Þe werewolf..bi-þout how were best þe bestes to help. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 10 Al things which he hath..either intended, by thought, saide, or done. 1614 R. Wilkinson Paire of Serm. Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Bethinking by what meanes I might best either expresse or deserue thankes. 1647 F. Bland Souldiers March 32 If they should..seriously bethink what clemencie..they would desire, if in the same case. †4. To devise, contrive, plan, arrange. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 a1225 Juliana 67 Greiðe al þat þu const grimliche biþenchen. c1320 Cast. Loue 698 Seue berbicans..Wiþ gret ginne al bi-þouht. c1440 Gesta Romanorum 35 Go we alle anon to the Emperour, and be-thynke vs a remedye. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iii. iii. 39 We bethinke a meanes to breake it off. View more context for this quotation †5. To regret, repent, grudge (= Old English ofþęncan.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > hesitate or scruple at [verb (transitive)] > be unwilling to grant or allow begrudgec1390 grutchc1400 grudgec1500 repine1548 bethink1682 1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 24 Neither ought we to bethink what we spend upon them. 1687 in London Gaz. No. 2252/5 That Your Majesty may never have cause..to withdraw or bethink the..Liberty given us. 1696 J. Locke in H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke (1876) II. xiii. 338 I can never bethink any pains or time of mine in the service of my country. †6. causal. To remind (one) of, that. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > remind [verb (transitive)] mingOE mina1200 bethink1340 recorda1382 reducec1425 rememberc1425 rememorate1460 mind1524 revive?1564 remembrance1593 recall1595 prompt1600 remind1621 enmind1645 immind1647 refricate1657 commonish1661 flap1790 to touch up1796 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 100 Þis word uader þe beþengþ þet þou art zone. II. reflexive. †7. To collect one's thoughts; to take thought; to recollect oneself, return to oneself. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > contemplation of self > reflect on oneself [verb] bethinkc1000 rememberc1405 to descend into (also within) oneself1539 finger1546 reflect1595 recollect1640 introvert1671 Hamletize1844 introspect1884 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xv. 17 Þa beþohte he hine and cwæð. a1200 Moral Ode 43 in Lamb. Hom. 161 Wel late ich habbe me bi-þocht. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 244/1 She bethoughte her and prayed thus in her self. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings viii. 47 If they shall bethinke themselues..and repent. View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxviii. 241 The rest..may find the grace..to bethink themselves, and recover. 8. a. To occupy oneself in thought; to reflect, consider, think; also, to call to mind, recollect. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > remember [verb (reflexive)] mingOE bethink?c1225 umbethinka1300 rememberc1350 rememberc1405 record1483 remembera1522 think1556 revive1774 the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > bethink oneself, consider [verb (reflexive)] bethink?c1225 to be bethoughtc1250 beredec1275 counselc1290 umbethinka1300 umthinka1300 visea1330 advisec1380 umbthinka1400 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 149 Ȝef hahire wel biþochte. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3821 Ælc Frensc-mon þe wes aht. hæfð hine seolfne bi-þoht. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 893 The iustice him gan bi~thenche, And thus aposed that wenche. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 56 Eve..ansuered to lightely withoute bethenkinge her. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 70 Ile tell yoo if I can when I haue better bethought me. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 148 I will bethinke me: come againe to morrow. View more context for this quotation 1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. viii. 525 Advising them to bethink themselves, and to take soberer Measures. 1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 85 Rip bethought himself a moment. b. with infinitive (obsolete) or object clause, esp. indirect interrogative. ΚΠ c1175 Lamb. Hom. 155 Hwenne ho hom biðohten þet heo isuneȝed hefden. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋228 Bythynke him wel that he hath deserved thilke peynes. 1634 T. Heywood Maidenhead Lost iv, in Wks. (1874) IV. 148 Bethinke thee what thou vndertak'st. 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude vi. 93 To bethink themselves how little they may owe to their own merit. c. with of (formerly on, upon). ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2917 Þatt godess þeoww himm ȝeorne birrþ Biþennkenn. & bilokenn. Off all þatt tatt he wile don. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 368 Kyng Wyllam byþoȝte hym ek of þe volc, þat was verlore. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 372 He by~þouȝte hym on þis swerde. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) v. v. 76 Thenne I bethought me vppon the byrdes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 453 I haue bethought me of another fault. View more context for this quotation 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 113 The Greeks will..Bethink them of their country. 9. To take it into one's head, propose to oneself, resolve. (French s'aviser.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (reflexive)] turnc1175 tightc1300 castc1386 bethink1387 ettlec1440 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. I. 139 Þanne þe lordes byþouȝte hem..oþerwise to fiȝte. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 125 Þe mayster him biþoȝt, Þat he wolde se þe semblé. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 302 It may be I shall otherwise bethinke me. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 264. ⁋5 A Fellow..has bethought himself of joining Profit and Pleasure together. 1884 W. J. Courthope Addison iv. 58 Charles naturally bethought himself of calling literature to his assistance. III. intransitive. 10. a. To consider, reflect, meditate, think. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > meditate, reflect [verb (intransitive)] howOE study?c1225 bethinkc1300 muse1340 recorda1400 imaginec1400 to take thoughtc1450 contemplaire1474 medite1483 remord1535 contemplate?1538 ruminate1547 meditate1560 scance1606 excogitate1630 cogitate1633 reflect1772 c1300 Beket 43 He moste bithenche, For he was stronge adrad ȝut. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxiv. 63 He was goon out to bithenk in the feeld. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) i. xiv. 11 I gan to bythenke to me yf euer I had seruyd ony seynt. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes Ded. Bethinking with myselfe (most reuerende Father). 1817 Ld. Byron Manfred i. i. 167 Bethink ere thou dismiss us, ask again. †b. with of, on, upon; = 1 – 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] thinkOE thinkOE bethinka1200 umthinka1300 to have mind ofc1300 casta1340 studya1375 delivera1382 to chew the cudc1384 to take advisementa1393 stema1400 compassc1400 advisec1405 deliberc1405 to make it wisec1405 to take deliberationc1405 enter?a1413 riddlec1426 hovec1440 devise?c1450 to study by (also in) oneself?c1450 considerc1460 porec1500 regard1523 deliberate1543 to put on one's thinking or considering cap1546 contemplate1560 consult1565 perpend1568 vise1568 to consider of1569 weigh1573 ruminate1574 dascanc1579 to lay to (one's) heart1588 pondera1593 debate1594 reflect1596 comment1597 perponder1599 revolvea1600 rumine1605 consider on, upon1606 to think twice1623 reflex1631 spell1645 ponderatea1652 to turn about1725 to cast a thought, a reflection upon1736 to wake over1771 incubatea1847 mull1857 fink1888 a1200 Moral Ode 162 in Trin. Coll. Hom. 224 He biðohte an helle fur. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2504 Biðenc [c1300 Otho Bi-þench] o ðire mon-schipe. a1300 Floriz & Bl. 428 While i biþenche of sume ginne. 1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 1176 On this Castell to bethynke. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 10 I wyshe..the exchange..to bethinck on the wayters..on there..soules. 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 38 His Eie-liddes haue considered and bethought of the means. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. ii. 75 He bethought on the meanes. IV. passive. 11. to be bethought: to bethink oneself (in senses 7 – 9). See also bethought adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > bethink oneself, consider [verb (reflexive)] bethink?c1225 to be bethoughtc1250 beredec1275 counselc1290 umbethinka1300 umthinka1300 visea1330 advisec1380 umbthinka1400 c1250 Old Eng. Misc. 166 To bidden his milce to late we beoð biþohte. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 767 Of a myrthe I am right now bithoght To doon yow ese. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 1080 It is not strange..An husbonde on his baathe to be bethought. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 172 And am bethought To take the basest and most poorest shape. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.OE
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