English Explanatory Dictionary

forthink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.
  2. To regret; repent.
  3. To regret.
  4. To repent, be sorry for.
  5. To change one's mind about; to renounce.

Word forms

forthink forthinks forthinking forthought

Etymology

From Middle English forthinken, forthynken (“to displease, cause to regret”), corresponding to for- (“mis-”) + think (“to seem, appear”), from Old English þyncan (“to seem, appear”); see methinks. Cognate with Middle High German verdunken (“to displease”), Icelandic forþykkja (“to displease”). Compare also Old English forþencan (“to mistrust, despise, despair”), Dutch verdenken (“to suspect”), German verdenken (“to blame”).

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