bethinkingn.
/bɪˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ The action of thinking, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > act of remembering, recollection
minOE
thoughtc1175
memorya1275
minninga1325
bethinking1340
record1340
recording1340
remembrancec1350
memoriala1382
rememberinga1382
minsing?a1400
rememorancea1438
mindingc1449
remembrancingc1449
rememorationc1449
resouvenancec1450
umbethinkingc1450
sovenance1477
memoration1562
reminiscence1589
recollecting1604
rememorating1606
recollection1633
evocation1646
recall1651
recordancy1654
anamnesis1656
membrance1827
reliving1919
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun]
i-mindOE
studyinglOE
mindc1300
bethinking1340
poring1340
regard1348
weighingc1380
contemplationc1390
advisementa1393
deliberationa1393
advicec1405
reckoninga1413
visement?1414
considerancec1420
advisenessc1425
revolutionc1425
rewardc1432
mind-takingc1449
umbethinkingc1450
advisednessc1475
considering1483
beholding1530
meditationa1535
pondering1535
cogitation?1542
expending1545
ponderation1556
perpending1558
well weighing1566
surview1576
reflex1593
revolve1595
lucubration1596
agitation1600
perpension1612
vizamenta1616
pensitation1623
perpensation1623
perpendment1667
ruminating1668
commentationa1670
revolving1670
reflectiona1674
introspectiona1676
propendencya1676
ponderment1728
chawing1845
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 233 Þou sselt louye god..mid al þine beþenchinge wyþoute uoryetinge.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 246 Sorowe..that came of the bethynkynge of payne and of dethe.
1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. G2 Trifles vnwitnessed..Thy coward heart with false bethinking greeues.
1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls xxi. 290 The footstep suddenly checked; then, as if with..swift bethinking, it went by.
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