bethink
/bɪˈθɪŋk
/verb (past and past participle bethought /bɪˈθɔːt/) (bethink oneself) formal or archaic
Come to think: he bethought himself of the verse from the Book of Proverbs...
- Verily, many of them once lifted their legs like the dancer; to them winked the laughter of my wisdom: - then did they bethink themselves.
- I know not whether these ancestors of mine bethought themselves to repent, and ask pardon of Heaven for their cruelties; or whether they are now groaning under the heavy consequences of them, in another state of being.
- I bethought myself to ask the rider whither - and I a mere beast!
Origin
Old English bithencan (see be-, think).