Methought
verb
verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of methinks archaic, form-of, participle, past
"The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches / Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd / I cri'de to dreame againe."
Example
More examples"Methought I saw poor Hector, as I slept, / all bathed in tears and black with dust and gore, / dragged by the chariot and his swoln feet sore / with piercing thongs."
Etymology
From Middle English me thoght, from Old English mē ðūhte; equivalent to me + thought.
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