Definitions

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  • verb dialectal, Scotland To recall to mind; remember; recollect.
  • verb reflexive, dialectal, Scotland To consider; think about; bethink.

Etymologies

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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.

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