Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to forthink
Participle: forthinked
Gerund: forthinking
Indicative
Present
| I | forthink |
| you | forthink |
| he;she;it | forthinks |
| we | forthink |
| you | forthink |
| they | forthink |
Perfect
| I | have forthinked |
| you | have forthinked |
| he;she;it | has forthinked |
| we | have forthinked |
| you | have forthinked |
| they | have forthinked |
Past
| I | forthinked |
| you | forthinked |
| he;she;it | forthinked |
| we | forthinked |
| you | forthinked |
| they | forthinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had forthinked |
| you | had forthinked |
| he;she;it | had forthinked |
| we | had forthinked |
| you | had forthinked |
| they | had forthinked |
Future
| I | will forthink |
| you | will forthink |
| he;she;it | will forthink |
| we | will forthink |
| you | will forthink |
| they | will forthink |
Future Perfect
| I | will have forthinked |
| you | will have forthinked |
| he;she;it | will have forthinked |
| we | will have forthinked |
| you | will have forthinked |
| they | will have forthinked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | forthink |
| you | forthink |
| he;she;it | forthink |
| we | forthink |
| you | forthink |
| they | forthink |
Perfect
| I | have forthinked |
| you | have forthinked |
| he;she;it | have forthinked |
| we | have forthinked |
| you | have forthinked |
| they | have forthinked |
Imperfect
| I | forthinked |
| you | forthinked |
| he;she;it | forthinked |
| we | forthinked |
| you | forthinked |
| they | forthinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had forthinked |
| you | had forthinked |
| he;she;it | had forthinked |
| we | had forthinked |
| you | had forthinked |
| they | had forthinked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would forthink |
| you | would forthink |
| he;she;it | would forthink |
| we | would forthink |
| you | would forthink |
| they | would forthink |
Perfect
| I | would have forthinked |
| you | would have forthinked |
| he;she;it | would have forthinked |
| we | would have forthinked |
| you | would have forthinked |
| they | would have forthinked |
Imperative
| you | forthink |
| we | Let's forthink |
| you | forthink |
Verbs conjugated like 'forthink'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'forthink'
forethink,
afterthink,
athink,
bethink,
fordwine,
forehand,
forehend,
foremind,
forhang,
forhend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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”). See: Old English '
þyncan', Middle High German '
verdunken', Icelandic '
forþykkja', Old English '
forþencan', Dutch '
verdenken', German, old spelling '
verdenken'.
Sample Sentences
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with hys swerd lyghtly he smote of hir hede before kynge Arthur / allas for shame sayd Arthur why haue ye done so / ye haue shamed me and al my Courte / for this was a lady that I was be holden to / and hyther she came vnder my sauf conduyte / I shalle neuer foryeue you that trespas / Sir said Balen me forthynketh of your displeasyr / for this same lady was the vntruest lady lyuynge [1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book II:]
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So cam he to the chamber dore / and wold haue entryd / And anone a voyce said to hym / Flee launcelot / and entre not / for thou oughtest not to doo hit / And yf thou entre / thou shalt forthynke hit / Thenne he withdrewe hym abak ryght heuy [1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XV, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:]
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Then gan he thinke, perforce with sword and targe / Her forth to fetch, and Proteus to constraine; / But soone he gan such folly to forthinke againe. [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]