Bethink Definition
bĭ-thĭngk
bethinking, bethinks, bethought
verb
To cause (oneself) to reflect on or consider.
American Heritage
To bring (oneself) to think of or recollect; remind (oneself)
Webster's New World
To ponder.
Webster's New World
To remind (oneself); remember.
American Heritage
To meditate; ponder.
American Heritage
Origin of Bethink
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From Middle English bethenken, bithenchen (“to think about, consider”) from Old English beþenċan, biþenċan (“to think upon, remind, consider, remember”) from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *þankijaną (“to think about”), equivalent to be- + think. Akin to Old High German pidenchan (“to bethink”) (German bedenken (“to bethink”)), Gothic [script?] (biþagkjan), Dutch bedenken (“to bethink”). More at be-, think.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English bithinken from Old English bethencan tong- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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