Be*think" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Bethought (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bethinking.] [AS. beþencan; pref. be- +
þencan to think. See Think.] 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.
Be*think", v. i. To think; to recollect;
to consider. "Bethink ere thou dismiss us." Byron.