Word Study
Betake
CIDE DICTIONARY
Betake, v. t. [Pref. be- + take.].
- To take or seize. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun. [1913 Webster]"They betook themselves to treaty and submission." [1913 Webster]"The rest, in imitation, to like arms
Betook them." [1913 Webster]"Whither shall I betake me, where subsist?" [1913 Webster] - To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Betake, v.refl. (past betook; past part. betaken) (foll. by to) go to (a place or person).
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