bethink

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When a New Englander needs an image for swarming bees he may not bethink him of showered stars, yet sparks from a Fourth of July pinwheel are quite as effective and wholly permissible.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the head of the French department did not bethink himself in time to procure a bust of Ronsard to be duly "crowned," during the ceremony.

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Yet many readers will bethink themselves of many Cynthias and wonder if it is too late, or just timely, to pass the book along.

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And evermore I did bethink me of my son Orestes, Who now should be a man; and yearned sometimes To see his face, yet feared lest from his eyes His father's soul should smite me.

From The Epic of Hades In Three Books by Morris, Lewis, Sir

We ought first to bethink ourselves that the inward significance of an action is quite different from its outward significance, and that these are often separated from each other.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur