different between consider vs umbethink

English

Alternative forms

• considre (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d?/, [k?n?s???]
• Rhymes: -?d?(?)

Verb

consider (third-person singular simple present considers, present participle considering, simple past and past participle considered)

1. (transitive) To think about seriously.

   Synonyms: bethink, (on) reflect
2. (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
3. (transitive) To think of doing.

   Synonyms: think of, bethink

4. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.

   Synonyms: deem, regard, think of; see also Thesaurus:deem

   • 1825, Thomas Macaulay, An Essay on John Milton

     Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
5. (transitive) To look at attentively.

   Synonyms: regard, observe; see also Thesaurus:pay attention
6. (transitive) To take up as an example.
7. (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.

   Synonyms: deliberate, bethink

8. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

   Synonym: take into account

   • February 21, 1679, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer

     England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.

Usage notes

• In sense 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• considre, decorins

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kon?sider]

Verb

consider

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of considera

English

Alternative forms

• unbethink, onbethink

Etymology

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.

Verb

umbethink (third-person singular simple present umbethinks, present participle umbethinking, simple past and past participle umbethought)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To recall to mind; remember; recollect.
2. (reflexive, dialectal, chiefly Northern England, Scotland) To consider; think about; bethink.

Derived terms

• umbethinking

Scots

Alternative forms

• sco, wmbethink

Etymology

From Middle English umbethenken, from Old English ymbeþencan, ymbþencan (“to think about, consider, deliberate”), from ymb- (“around”) + þencan (“to think”).

Verb

umbethink (third-person singular present umbethinks, present participle umbethinkin, past umbethocht, past participle umbethocht)

1. To call to mind, remember
2. (reflexive) To consider, think about, bethink