Word Meanings - FORTHINK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret. "Let it forthink you." Tyndale. That me forthinketh, quod this January. Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to FORTHINK)

• CAUSEFUL
  Having a cause.
• CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
  Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
• REPENTANT
  1. Penitent; sorry for sin. Chaucer. Thus they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood. Millton. 2. Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes. "Repentant sighs and voluntary pains." Pope.
• REGRETFUL
  Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining. -- Re*gret"ful*ly, adv.
• REPENTANTLY
  In a repentant manner.
• FORTHINK
  To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret. "Let it forthink you." Tyndale. That me forthinketh, quod this January. Chaucer.
• REGRET
  1. Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some
• REPENTINGLY
  With repentance; penitently.
• CAUSERIE
  Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat.
• CAUSER
  One who or that which causes.
• REPENTANCE
  The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. Chaucer. Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 20. Repentance is a change of mind,
• CAUSELESS
  1. Self-originating; uncreated. 2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.
• SORRY
  sary, AS. sarig, fr. sar, n., sore. See Sore, n. & a. The original 1. Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper
• REPENTLESS
  Unrepentant.
• REPENT
  1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. I do repent it from my very soul. Shak. 2. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively. My father has repented him ere now. Dryden. 3. To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used
• CAUSE
  A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give
• JANUARY
  The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days. Note: Before the adoption of New Style, the commencement of the year was usually reckoned from March 25. (more info) god of the sun and the year, to whom the month of January was sacred;
• CAUSEWAY; CAUSEY
  A way or road rasid above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton. (more
• REPENTER
  One who repents.
• CAUSELESSNESS
  The state of being causeless.
• UNCAUSED
  Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter.
• IRREPENTANCE
  Want of repentance; impenitence. Bp. Montagu.
• UNREPENTANCE
  Impenitence.
• BECAUSE
  1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton. 2. In order that; that. And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace. Matt. xx. 31. Because of, by reason of, on account of. Because of these
• CONCAUSE
  A joint cause. Fotherby.