umbethink

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verb

To recall to mind; remember; recollect.

OriginMiddle English umbethenken ← Old English ymbeþencan →
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Meanings

verbumbethink (third-person singular simple present umbethinks, present participle umbethinking, simple past and past participle umbethought)

present singular third person umbethinks · participle present umbethinking · participle past umbethought · past umbethought · alternative unbethink · alternative onbethink

  1. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalTo recall to mind; remember; recollect.
  2. Northern EnglandScotlanddialectalreflexiveTo consider; think about; bethink.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bear in mindremember

Origin

  1. Old Englishymbeþencan
  2. Middle Englishumbethenken
  3. Englishumbethink

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.

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APA

umbethink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbethink

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“umbethink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbethink. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umbethink,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbethink.

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