Verb (used with object) : He bethought himself a moment. ,to bethink oneself of family obligations. ,She lives in the past now, bethinking herself of happier days. ,Under the circumstances I could not otherwise bethink me.    From Dictionary.com. 

Martin bethought himself of the numerous occasions on which he had met Judge Blount at the Morses 'and when Judge Blount had not invited him to dinner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 43] Reference

Then she bethought herself of Nora, and turned to go.    From Wordnik.com.  [A True Friend A Novel] Reference

And many a one bethought him of his own in sunny France.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories in Verse] Reference

He naturally bethought him of the wooden bridge over the Severn at.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway] Reference

Then, he bethought himself to communicate with police headquarters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Woman] Reference

Then he bethought himself of the city directory; he would consult that.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl] Reference

Antony, remembering the box of wood in the scullery, bethought himself of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference

All at once Jason bethought himself of the galley's miraculous figurehead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference

One evening, putting off for another drift down the pool, I bethought me of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference

"There are Mr. Knowles, Mr. Leonard, and Mr. Singleton," she bethought her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference

So he bethought himself of a means to entrap the deer while he rested at home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Negritos of Zambales] Reference

To escape the immediate danger, Massachusetts bethought her of bills of credit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference

At last he bethought him of riding upon the spear, as a child bestrides a stick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference

After exhausting every plan they could devise, they bethought themselves of coercion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference

When the bowl was empty she returned to the stove, and at last bethought herself of her guests.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Before coming off I bethought me of a pair of shoes, which I had forgotten to procure at Falmouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sailor of King George] Reference

Finally, Lu bethought herself of that last plank of drowning conversationalists, the photograph album.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother"] Reference

Having settled with Novgorod to his satisfaction, Ivan bethought himself of establishing peace in his own household.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Russia] Reference

At last, he bethought himself of the mighty Bird of Ages, who dwelt among the lofty peaks of the Mountain of Thunders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference

At last Emily bethought herself of working a purse for Philip, in acknowledgment of a locket he had lately sent her from.    From Wordnik.com.  [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference

Then would have ensued an old-fashioned pillow fight, had not Lucile suddenly bethought her that this was not their own home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucile Triumphant] Reference

In this frightful predicament the Bishop, finding that he could obtain no help on land, bethought of taking himself to the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference

A friend of mine who was making a tour of the South bethought her of a cousin in New Orleans whom she had not seen since the war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Girls and Women] Reference

These rains caused the rifles and carbines of the army to rust, and some quickwitted captain bethought himself to beg oil from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference

I had exhausted my list of songs, and as she still demanded more I bethought me of a curious old ballad I had heard many years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference

At length he bethought himself of a method the most likely to answer the purpose, without the appearance of forwardness or indelicacy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The "Ladies of Llangollen" as Sketched by Many Hands; with Notices of Other Objects of Interest in "That Sweetest of Vales"] Reference

On the way, the stranger suddenly bethought himself that the two books were at the house of an acquaintance, 'two steps from the hotel.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference

At last, he bethought himself of a method, which was, to remove the entrails from the bison, and creep into the hollow space: he did so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference

You could see by the sudden kindling of his face, that he had bethought himself of some means by which this old woman might be benefited.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Homestead] Reference

The morning was fast slipping away when I bethought me it was time to be looking up my lodging and making myself ready for my call at the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference

"Hosanna" for Francis, and not a plowman nor tiller of the soil bethought himself that he had fully paid for the snack and sup that night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under the Rose] Reference

Upon this the Driver bethought him a new song he had just learnt, and he determined to sing it in the hope of winning her back to good temper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adventures in Toyland What the Marionette Told Molly] Reference

When Aucassin heard the shepherd boys, he minded him of Nicolette his most sweet friend whom he loved so well; and he bethought him that she had been there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aucassin and Nicolette translated from the Old French] Reference

She bethought herself at last that a neighbor of hers possessed a pen; so the party was obliged to retrace its steps to the encampment for further information.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference

And it came to pass that he bethought himself of certain valuable hints he had got anent the artificial training of the inhabitants of the air from an astute old.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference

By the beginning of the year 79, Sulla considered that his reforms were complete, and bethought himself of retiring to see at a little distance the effect of his regulations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference