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English Dictionary: bethink by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bethink
v
  1. cause oneself to consider something
  2. consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bethink \Be*think"\, v. i.
      To think; to recollect; to consider. [bd]Bethink ere thou
      dismiss us.[b8] --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bethink \Be*think"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bethought}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Bethinking}.] [AS. be[?]encan; pref. be- + [?]encan
      to think. See {Think}.]
      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.
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