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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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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In the meantime, Bill had bethought himself of the rifle.
The Hunger Cry 2010
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He went away, and then he bethought him of some other little word with Job.
Mary Barton 2010
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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
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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
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Ole Ericsen bethought himself of a large piece of sheet steel in the empty hold.
Charley's Coup 2010
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Finally the nurse came for the reluctant child and the hostess bethought herself:
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
brtom commented on the word bethought
His eyes bethought themselves once more. Witless shellfish swam in the gross lenses to and fro, seeking outlet.
Joyce, Ulysses, 7
January 2, 2007