CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BETHOUGHT
PRESENT
Present
I bethink
you bethink
he/she/it bethinks
we bethink
you bethink
they bethink
Present continuous
I am bethinking
you are bethinking
he/she/it is bethinking
we are bethinking
you are bethinking
they are bethinking
Present perfect
I have bethought
you have bethought
he/she/it has bethought
we have bethought
you have bethought
they have bethought
Present perfect continuous
I have been bethinking
you have been bethinking
he/she/it has been bethinking
we have been bethinking
you have been bethinking
they have been bethinking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I bethought
you bethought
he/she/it bethought
we bethought
you bethought
they bethought
Past continuous
I was bethinking
you were bethinking
he/she/it was bethinking
we were bethinking
you were bethinking
they were bethinking
Past perfect
I had bethought
you had bethought
he/she/it had bethought
we had bethought
you had bethought
they had bethought
Past perfect continuous
I had been bethinking
you had been bethinking
he/she/it had been bethinking
we had been bethinking
you had been bethinking
they had been bethinking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will bethink
you will bethink
he/she/it will bethink
we will bethink
you will bethink
they will bethink
Future continuous
I will be bethinking
you will be bethinking
he/she/it will be bethinking
we will be bethinking
you will be bethinking
they will be bethinking
Future perfect
I will have bethought
you will have bethought
he/she/it will have bethought
we will have bethought
you will have bethought
they will have bethought
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bethinking
you will have been bethinking
he/she/it will have been bethinking
we will have been bethinking
you will have been bethinking
they will have been bethinking
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would bethought
you would bethought
he/she/it would bethought
we would bethought
you would bethought
they would bethought
Conditional continuous
I would be bethinking
you would be bethinking
he/she/it would be bethinking
we would be bethinking
you would be bethinking
they would be bethinking
Conditional perfect
I would have bethought
you would have bethought
he/she/it would have bethought
we would have bethought
you would have bethought
they would have bethought
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bethinking
you would have been bethinking
he/she/it would have been bethinking
we would have been bethinking
you would have been bethinking
they would have been bethinking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you bethink
we let´s bethink
you bethink
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
bethought
Present Participle
bethinking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BETHOUGHT»
Discover the use of
bethought in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bethought and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
BETHINK Mode Indicative Tense Simple Present Present Perfect Simple Past
Past Perfect I bethink have bethought bethought had bethought you bethink have
bethought bethought had bethought he/she/it bethinks has bethought bethought
...
While I may 'scape, I will preserve myself ; and am bethought 1 To take the basest
and most poorest shape, That ever penury, in contempt of man, Brought near to
beast: my face I 'll grime with filth, Blanket my loins, elf all my hair in knots,2 And ...
William Shakespeare, Robert H. Westley, 1861
Consequently, were that, a greater thanwhich cannot bethought, existent in mere
intellect, the thoughtquo majus cogitarinon potest would at the same time bequo
majus cogitaripotest, whichis impossible. Consequently, there exists, inrealityas ...
4
The Haskalah Movement in Russia
Jacob S. Raisin. “Your passport,” they ask. Alas, it is lost! “ Then serve the- White
Czar! ” that is the cost. Woe has come and sought me, Alas, had I bethought me.
There are many rooms, they take me to one, And strip from my body the poor ...
5
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
203 But at the last his maister him bethought Upon a day, whan he his paper
sought, Of a proverbe, that saitli this same word ; Wei bet is roton appel out of
hord, Than that it rote alle the rcmenant. Chaucer. The Cohes Tale, r. 4391.
Slehtes ich ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
6
Recreations in Retirement
I took it up : and, as I gazed on its pallid form, bethought myself of the many
maternal eyes, which were, at that moment, weeping over the blighted forms of
lovely—much loved babes, who had perished with the morning light, after many
hours ...
7
The Politics and Culture of Globalisation: India and Australia
It bethought itself: 'Would that I were many! Let me procreate myself!' It emitted
heat. That heat bethought itself: 'Would that I were many! Let me procreate myself
.' It emitted water. Therefore whenever a person grieves or perspires from the
heat ...
Hans Löfgren, Prakash Sarangi, 2009
Bethink (impf. and partie. bethought). I. to think, to consider: trifles unwitnessed
with eye or ear thy coward heart with false — ing grieves, Yea. 1024. bade him b.
how nice the quarrel was, Rom. HI, 1, 158. — Followed by an aeons., = to think of
: ...
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
To BETHI'NK, v. a. I bethought; 1 have bethought ; [from think.] To recal to
reflection; to bring back to consideration, or recollection. It is generally used with
the reciprocal pronoun, and (/"before the subject of thought. I have bethought me
os ...
10
Readings in Christian Thought
Therefore, if that than whicha greater cannot bethought is intheunderstanding
alone, this same thing than which a greatercannot be thought is that than which
agreater can be thought. Butobviouslythis is impossible. Without doubt, therefore
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BETHOUGHT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bethought is used in the context of the following news items.
Danny's on a tour of Europe
Then it bethought me that neither of them, that's Fleetwood and Preston, have been linked with the signing of Danny Ings, and that's been rare ... «Clarets MAD, Mar 15»
St Joseph Vaz – A missionary par excellence, a model for India even …
The priest bethought himself a moment and uttered in Sinhala: “Remember that one cannot easily do at the time of death what one has ... «Oherald, Jan 15»
Photo-cartoon making Tutu into Hitler is published then taken down …
... to communicate. We obviously have a wide range of different views.” Katz has evidently bethought that idea, because the piece is down. «Mondoweiss, Sep 14»
Purgatorio, Canto XXIV
Or in Rolandesque English: Thereupon they all withdrew / as if themselves bethought anew. Yeah, yeah, I know, The boy stood on the burning ... «The American Conservative, Mar 14»
The divine right of James Dolan
"The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe ... «Posting and Toasting, Feb 14»
Society of Fences - a Solution to the 'Demographic Problem'
Jean-Jacques Rousseau once wrote that "the first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and ... «AllAfrica.com, Feb 14»
Russia: interview with anarchist prisoners from the "Bolotnaya Case"
... in his tiny essay ["Discourse on Inequality"]: "The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, ... «libcom.org, Jan 14»
MobiDev Webinar: 8 Reasons Why Mobile App Startups Fail
Only having bethought every detail of the future mobile software, can the startup owner choose from a number of monetization models. It must ... «PR Web, Jan 14»
History According to Mike Huckabee: How a Book of Political Satire …
Thus, having quietly settled themselves down, and provided for their own comfort, they bethought themselves of testifying their gratitude to the ... «Huffington Post, Dec 13»
From the archive, 26 December 1916: War memories – Christmas …
Of a sudden from the belfry in the square there broke out again a wild midnight peal of bells. It was then I bethought me for the first time that it ... «The Guardian, Dec 13»
