verb
- present participle of bethink; to remind oneself or reconsider
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- Bethinking himself of his promise, he hurried to keep his word.
- She paused, bethinking the consequences of her decision.
- The old man sat bethinking his youth and the choices he had made.
- Bethinking the danger ahead, they decided to turn back.
- He spent the evening bethinking his next move in the chess game.