umbethink
English
Alternative forms
- unbethink, onbethink
Etymology
From Middle English umbethenken, from Old English ymbeþencan, ymbþencan (“to think about, consider, deliberate”), from ymb- (“around”) + þencan (“to think”), equivalent to um- + bethink or umbe- + think.
Verb
umbethink (third-person singular simple present umbethinks, present participle umbethinking, simple past and past participle umbethought)
- (dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To recall to mind; remember; recollect.
- (reflexive, dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To consider; think about; bethink.
Scots
Alternative forms
- sco, wmbethink
Etymology
From Middle English umbethenken, from Old English ymbeþencan, ymbþencan (“to think about, consider, deliberate”), from ymb- (“around”) + þencan (“to think”).
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