Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cause to regret or repent; vex; reflexively, to regret; repent.
- To regret: with object noun or clause.
- To repent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, obsolete, impersonal To cause
distress orregret to; cause to regret orrepent ; tovex . - verb reflexive, obsolete To
regret ;repent . - verb transitive, obsolete To
regret . - verb intransitive, obsolete To
repent , be sorry for.
Etymologies
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From Middle English forthinken, forthynken ("to displease, cause to regret"), corresponding to for- (“mis-”) + think (“to seem, appear”), from Old English þyncan ("to seem, appear"); see methinks. Cognate with Middle High German verdunken ("to displease"), Icelandic forþykkja ("to displease"). Compare also Old English forþencan ("to mistrust, despise, despair"), Dutch verdenken ("to suspect"), German verdenken ("to blame").
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Examples
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Why say ye so, said the queen, do ye forthink yourself of your good deeds?
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For why, he that doth all things with counsel, he shall never forthink [102] it; for better is a sly man than a strong man; yea, and better is list than lither strength, [103] and a sly man speaketh of victories.
The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 Henry Pepwell 1902
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Why say ye so, said the queen, do ye forthink yourself of your good deeds?
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We forthink that thow hes bene a preachar so long. "
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
bilby commented on the word forthink
"Sir, said he, I am of the realm of Logris, and my name is Ector de Maris, and brother unto my lord, Sir Launcelot. In the name of God, said the king, me forthinketh of what I have said, for your brother is here within."
- Thomas Malory, 'The Holy Grail'.
September 14, 2009