释义 |
bethinking, vbl. n.|bɪˈθɪŋkɪŋ| [f. prec. + -ing1.] The action of thinking, considering, reflecting, or remembering.
1340Ayenb. 233 Þou sselt louye god..mid al þine beþenchinge wyþoute uoryetinge. a1520Myrr. Our Ladye 246 Sorowe..that came of the bethynkynge of payne and of dethe. 1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 1024 Trifles vnwitnessed..Thy coward heart with false bethinking greeues. 1873Mrs. Whitney Other Girls xxi. 290 The footstep suddenly checked; then, as if with..swift bethinking, it went by. |