bethink

[ bih-thingk ]

/ bɪˈθɪŋk /

to think; consider (used reflexively): He bethought himself a moment.

to remind (oneself): to bethink oneself of family obligations.

to remember; recall (used reflexively): She lives in the past now, bethinking herself of happier days.

to determine; resolve: Under the circumstances I could not otherwise bethink me.

Archaic. to bear in mind; remember.

Archaic. to consider; meditate.

Origin of bethink

before 1000; Middle English bethenken, Old English bethencan. See be-, think¹

And having been admonished to bethink himself and declare the truth, he was remanded to prison.

Records of The Spanish Inquisition |Andrew Dickson White
Thee'll may be bethink thee o' some words I spoke, which put thee up at th' time; summut about street-walkers; but oh no!

Mary Barton |Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Bethink you to what you expose yourself by obstinacy; I may no longer be able to protect you when the King returns.

The Chaplet of Pearls |Charlotte M. Yonge
"Bethink you also that this world is but the antechamber of the next," said the prelate.

Sir Nigel |Arthur Conan Doyle

I bethink me, it is three hours since I saw you go to the palace.

A Ladder of Swords |Gilbert Parker

bethink

/ (bɪˈθɪŋk) /

to cause (oneself) to consider or meditate

(tr often foll by of) to remind (oneself)