forthink

Meaning

Verb

• To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.
• To regret; repent.
• To regret.
• To repent, be sorry for.
• To change one's mind about; to renounce.

Origin

• From Middle English forthinken, forthynken, corresponding to for- + think, 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").