English Explanatory Dictionary

umbethink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To recall to mind; remember; recollect.
  2. To consider; think about; bethink.

Word forms

umbethink umbethinks umbethinking umbethought unbethink onbethink

Etymology

From Middle English umbethenken, from Old English ymbeþencan, ymbþencan (“to think about, consider, deliberate”), from ymb- (“around”) + þencan (“to think”), equivalent to um- + bethink or umbe- + think.

Derived words

umbethinking
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