bethink

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To think about, to recollect. obsolete,transitive
  2. To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon. reflexive
    — Baſ[ſanio]. Be aſſured you may. / Iew [i.e., Shylock]. I will be aſſured I may: and that I may be aſſured, I will bethinke mee, may I ſpeake with Anthonio?
  3. To meditate, ponder; to consider. intransitive
  4. To determine, resolve.

词形变化

bethinks present,singular,third-person bethinking participle,present bethought participle,past bethought past

词汇关系

衍生词
umbethink unbethink

词源

From Middle English bethenken, bithenchen (“to think about, consider”) from Old English beþenċan, biþenċan (“to think upon, remind, consider, remember”), from Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną; equivalent to be- + think. Akin to Old High German pidenchan (German bedenken), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biþagkjan), Dutch bedenken.
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