Forthink Definition
(obsolete) To regret.
(intransitive, obsolete) To repent, be sorry for.
(obsolete) To change one's mind about; to renounce.
Origin of Forthink
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From Middle English forthinken, forthynken (“to displease, cause to regret”), corresponding to for- (“mis-”) + think (“to seem, appear”), from Old English þyncan (“to seem, appear”); see methinks. Cognate with Middle High German verdunken (“to displease”), Icelandic forþykkja (“to displease”). Compare also Old English forþencan (“to mistrust, despise, despair”), Dutch verdenken (“to suspect”), German verdenken (“to blame”).
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