bethink

1. (obsolete, transitive) To think about, to recollect.obsoletetransitive

2. (reflexive) To think of (something or somebody) or that (followed by clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.Examples: "Baſ[ſanio]. Be aſſured you may. / Iew [i.e., Shylock]. I will be aſſured I may: and that I may be aſſured, I will bethinke mee, may I ſpeake with Anthonio?"; "Mens daily occaſions for themſelves or friends, and the neceſities of common life, require the doing of a thouſand things vvithin the compaſs of a fevv dayes, for vvhich it vvould puzzle the beſt Textman that liveth; readily to bethink himself of a ſentence in the Bible, clear enough to ſatisfie a ſcrupulous conſcience of the lavvfulneſs and expediency of vvhat he is about to do; […]"; "I heard the Sky-lark singing in the sky; / And I bethought me of the playful Hare:"reflexive

3. (intransitive) To meditate, ponder; to consider.Synonyms: afterthink, agitate, bethink, call to mind, chew, chew over, chew the cud, cogitateintransitive