verb
- past tense and past participle of bethink; to remember or recall; to think of or consider
Usage: archaic or literary; usually reflexive (bethought oneself)
Examples
- She bethought herself of an old remedy her grandmother had taught her.
- He suddenly bethought himself of the appointment he had forgotten.
- The traveler bethought himself of the warning he had received before departing.
- They bethought themselves of their duty and returned to help.
- She bethought herself of a clever solution to the problem.