Be*think" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bethought (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bethinking.] [AS. beþencan; pref. be- + þencan to think. See Think.] To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought.
I have bethought me of another fault.
Shak.
The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover.
Milton.
We bethink a means to break it off.
Shak.
Syn. -- To recollect; remember; reflect.
Be*think", v. i. To think; to recollect; to consider. "Bethink ere thou dismiss us." Byron.
Beth"le*hem (&?;), n. [Heb. bth- lekhem house of food; bth house + lekhem food, lkham to eat. Formerly the name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. Bedlam.] 1. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
2. (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley.
{ Beth"le*hem*ite (&?;), Beth"lem*ite (&?;), } n. 1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.