Umbethink

verb

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Definitions

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

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bear in mindremember

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.

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