verb
- it seemed to me (archaic past tense of ‘methinks’)
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- Methought I saw a ghost in the moonlight.
- The forest methought was darker than usual that night.
- Methought the old castle held many secrets.
- In my dream, methought I could fly above the clouds.
- Methought the stranger’s eyes held a familiar gleam.
- The music methought was sweeter than any I had heard before.