Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Preterit and past participle of bethink.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • imp. & p. p. of bethink.

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  • adjective of a thing Intended; purposed; contrived.
  • adjective of a person Minded; disposed.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bethink.

Etymologies

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From bethink, equivalent to be- +‎ thought.

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Examples

  • Martin bethought himself of the numerous occasions on which he had met Judge Blount at the Morses 'and when Judge Blount had not invited him to dinner.

    Chapter 43 2010

  • Martin bethought himself of the numerous occasions on which he had met Judge Blount at the Morses 'and when Judge Blount had not invited him to dinner.

    Chapter 43 1908

  • Just as I was leaving, my arms full of lunch and my pockets bulging with fat woolen socks, she bethought herself of a nephew, or uncle, or relative of some sort, who was in the railway mail service, and who, moreover, would come through that night on the very train on which I was going to steal my ride.

    Confession 2010

  • The other day, desiring a sort of snack to calm the rumblings of hunger, I bethought myself to consider the possibility of a bagel.

    A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2010

  • In the meantime, Bill had bethought himself of the rifle.

    The Hunger Cry 2010

  • He went away, and then he bethought him of some other little word with Job.

    Mary Barton 2010

  • The other day, desiring a sort of snack to calm the rumblings of hunger, I bethought myself to consider the possibility of a bagel.

    skzbrust: Bagelfail skzbrust 2010

  • He started and half reached for an open drawer where must have reposed a revolver, then bethought himself and growled, 'This is no bank.'

    Local Color 2010

  • Ole Ericsen bethought himself of a large piece of sheet steel in the empty hold.

    Charley's Coup 2010

  • Finally the nurse came for the reluctant child and the hostess bethought herself:

    DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

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  • His eyes bethought themselves once more. Witless shellfish swam in the gross lenses to and fro, seeking outlet.

    Joyce, Ulysses, 7

    January 2, 2007