Be*think" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bethought (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bethinking.] [AS. beþencan; pref. be- + þencan to think. See Think.] To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought.

I have bethought me of another fault.
Shak.

The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover.
Milton.

We bethink a means to break it off.
Shak.

Syn. -- To recollect; remember; reflect.

Be*think", v. i. To think; to recollect; to consider. "Bethink ere thou dismiss us." Byron.