unbethink

transitive verb

un·​be·​think

ˌənbiˈthiŋk

dialectal, British

: bethink

Word History

Etymology

Middle English unbethinken, umbethinken, umbethenken to bethink, consider, from Old English ymbthecan, ymbethencan to consider, from ymb, ymbe around + thencan to think

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