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think on or upon, (1) remember, bear in mind All'sW. III. ii. 50 “ upon patience,” Ham. III. ii. 144 “he must build churches then, or else shall he suffer not thinking on” (=shall be forgotten); (2) have regard or thought for, provide for Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 549 “Have you thought on A place whereto you'll go?,” 1H6 I. ii. 116 “Then will I upon a recompense,” Lr. V. iii. 252 “Well thought on” ; (3) cherish kind thoughts of, have a good opinion of, esteem Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 533 “To have them recompens'd as thought on,” Cor. II. iii. 61, 196 “so his gracious nature Would think upon you for your voices.”
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.
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