The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bethought \Be*thought"\, imp. & p. p. of Bethink.
Bethink \Be*think"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bethought; p. pr. & vb. n. Bethinking.] [AS. be[thorn]encan; pref. be- + To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought.
I have bethought me of another fault.
--Shak.
The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and
recover.
--Milton.
We bethink a means to break it off.
--Shak.
Syn: To recollect; remember; reflect.
Wiktionary
1 (context of a thing English) intended; purposed; contrived. 2 (context of a person English) minded; disposed. v
(en-pastbethink)
WordNet
v. cause oneself to consider something
consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament"
[also: bethought]
See bethink
Usage examples of "bethought".
And now she bethought her that she had not thanked him - and the debt was a heavy one.
He bethought him that the hour, and the circumstance that most of the mercenaries would be in their beds, accounted for the reinforcement not being greater.
Then, as time sped on and the sun approached its setting and still no one came, she bethought her that if harm had befallen Marius, none would ride that night to Condillac.
But she bethought her that the need for him might not yet utterly be passed.
It was when he bethought him of that age of his that he was chiefly intrigued by the amazing ardour of this great lady of Bearn.
He may have bethought him at last that all his rantings had no better authority than suspicions which no evidence could support.
An attorney who was present pricked up his ears, bethought him of the tales that were afloat, and gave information to the police.
Not long after they mixed libations in honour of Zeus, with pious rites as is customary, and poured them upon the burning tongues, and bethought them of sleep in the darkness.
Of her we bethought us as we came hither along the path from the palace, if haply my mother, her own sister, might persuade her to aid us in the venture.
And then Hera bethought her of the counsels and wrath of Zeus concerning them.
But when they had loosed the hawsers thence in fair weather, then Euphemus bethought him of a dream of the night, reverencing the glorious son of Maia.
Malcolm bethought himself that, whatever her further intent, he ought not to allow her to succeed in opening the door.
Malcolm, having descended to the shore of the little bay, and scrambled out upon the rocks, bethought him of a certain cave which he had not visited since he was a child, and climbing over the high rocks between, took shelter there from the wind.
He bethought himself of the most influential and best-known men of his acquaintance.
The fat man, moved by pity, rowed the boat back, and, as soon as Patissot had recovered from his seasickness, they bethought themselves of luncheon.