Rethink vs Bethink - What's the difference?
rethink | bethink |
To think again about a problem.
The act of thinking again about something.
(obsolete) To think about, to recollect.
(pronominal) To think (of) (something or somebody) or (that) (+ clause); to remind oneself, to consider, to reflect upon.
*2010 , (Christopher Hitchens), Hitch-22 , Atlantic 2011, p. 49:
*:However, and just before I was due to take the entrance exam at the age of thirteen, my mother bethought herself that it might be worth taking a look at the place where I was due to be conscripted for the next five formative years.
to meditate, ponder; to consider
to determine, resolve
As verbs the difference between rethink and bethink
is that rethink is to think again about a problem while bethink is (obsolete|transitive) to think about, to recollect.As a noun rethink
is the act of thinking again about something.rethink
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(en noun)- This business plan of yours looks risky. It needs a rethink .