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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But his father could not keep him, and he was driven to look about and bethink himself how he could keep himself.

From The Boyhood of Great Inventors by Robertson, A. Fraser

To ~ one's self, to bethink one's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah