(n) a small town near Jerusalem on the West Bank of the Jordan River; early home of David and regarded as the place where Jesus was born, Syn.Bethlehem-Judah, Bayt Lahm, Bethlehem Ephrathah
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have bethought me of another fault. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
We bethink a means to break it off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- To recollect; remember; reflect. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Heb. bēth-lekhem house of food; bēth house + lekhem food, lākham 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
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