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umbethink

umbethink verb: to recall to mind; remember; recollect.

Verb

umbethink (third-person singular simple present umbethinks, present participle umbethinking, simple past and past participle umbethought)

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

Forms of umbethink

third-person singular presentumbethinks
present participleumbethinking
past participleumbethought
pastumbethought
alternative formunbethink
alternative formonbethink

Origin of umbethink

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.

Words formed from umbethink

Questions about umbethink

What does umbethink mean?
Umbethink means to recall to mind; remember; recollect.
What part of speech is umbethink?
Umbethink is a verb.
What is the past tense of umbethink?
The past tense of umbethink is umbethought.

Words near umbethink in the dictionary

  1. umbeschewing
  2. umbeschews
  3. umbeset
  4. umbesets
  5. umbesetting
  6. umbethink
  7. umbethinking
  8. umbi
  9. umbilectomy
  10. umbilic
  11. umbilic-

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