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umbethink en · VERB

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.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal) To recall to mind; remember; recollect.
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, reflexive) To consider; think about; bethink.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
umbethinks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unbethink alternative lexicographic
onbethink alternative lexicographic
umbethought Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
umbethought Tense=Past lexicographic
umbethinking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

umbethinking