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METHINKS
Etymology
Contraction
methinks (past tense: methought)
(archaic or humorous) It seems to me.
Source: Wiktionary
Me*thinks", v. impers. [imp. Methought.] Etym: [AS. Ăľyncan to seem, me Ăľynceedh, me Ăľuhte, OE. me thinketh, me thoughte; akin to G. dĂĽnken to seem, denken to think, and E. think. See Me, and Think.]
Definition: It seems to me; I think. See Me. [R., except in poetry.] In all ages poets have been had in special reputation, and, methinks, not without great cause. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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