Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal)To recall to mind; remember; recollect.

  2. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, reflexive)To consider; think about; bethink.

Origin

From Middle English umbethenken, from Old English ymbeþencan, ymbþencan (“to think about,

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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Forms

umbethinks, umbethinking, umbethought, umbethought
Base formumbethink · to umbethink
3rd person singularumbethinks
Present participleumbethinking
Past simpleumbethought
Past participleumbethought

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyumbethink
he, she, itumbethinks

Past simpleLesson

all personsumbethought

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave umbethought
he, she, ithas umbethought

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill umbethink

Word family

1 related words

See also

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