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单词 bethink
释义 be·think
\bə̇, bē+\ verb
(bethought ; bethought ; bethinking ; bethinks)
Etymology: Middle English bethinken, bethenken, bethenchen, from Old English bethencan, from be- + thencan to think — more at think
transitive verb
1.
 a. archaic : to call to mind : remember
  < bethink how those of old … clove to their word — Edwin Arnold >
 b. : to cause (oneself) to call something to mind
  < he bethought him of his responsibility as head of the house — Mary Webb >
2. obsolete
 a. : to consider with a view to decision or action : think over
  < bethink what clemency … they would desire — Francis Bland >
 b. : to cause (oneself) to consider something with a view to decision or action
  < may find the grace … to bethink themselves and recover — John Milton >
3. : to give (oneself) up to reflection : devote (oneself) to thought
 < Rip bethought himself a moment — Washington Irving >
4. obsolete : to contrive as a result of thought : devise
 < we bethink a means to break it off — Shakespeare >
5. : to bring (oneself) to a conclusion : resolve
 < has bethought himself of joining profit and pleasure together — Richard Steele >
intransitive verb
: to engage in thought : consider
 < bethink ere thou dismiss us — Lord Byron >
Synonyms: see remember
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