think good

verb

To be disposed; to be willing.

Meanings

verbthink good (third-person singular simple present thinks good, present participle thinking good, simple past and past participle thought good)

present singular third person thinks good · participle present thinking good · participle past thought good · past thought good

  1. archaicTo be disposed; to be willing.

    […] if you think good to go on with the course you have propounded.

    1676, Thucydides, The History of the Grecian War: In Eight Books, page 229
    1 more example

    […] an account, as wherewith we doubt not you will be satisfied, if you think good to require it of us.

    1681, Gilbert Burnet, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, page 188
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