forthink

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Verb === forthink (third-person singular simple present forthinks, present participle forthinking, simple past and past participle forthought) (obsolete) (transitive, impersonal) To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex. (reflexive) To regret; repent. (transitive) To regret. (intransitive) To repent, be sorry for. (transitive) To change one's mind about; to renounce.