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betake

verb
/bɪˈteɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- + take. Cognate with Danish betage (“to take, deprive, cut off”), Swedish beta (“to take, deprive, cut off”).

  1. inherited from bitaken

Definitions

  1. To take over to

    To take over to; take across (to); deliver.

  2. To seize

    To seize; lay hold of; take.

    • a rain-cloud [...] had betaken a dusky brown color, and about its lower verge a fringe of fine straight lines of rain was suggested [...].

  3. To take oneself to

    To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.

    • One morning as I lay in my bed, a ſtrong motion vvas ſuddenly glanced into my thoughts of going to London; I aroſe and betook me to the vvay, […]
    • The rest, in imitation, to like arms / Betook them.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. To commit to a specified action.

    2. To commend or entrust to

      To commend or entrust to; to commit to.

    3. To take oneself.

      • Then do no further goe, no further stray, / But here lie downe, and to thy rest betake, / Th'ill to preuent, that life ensewen may. / For what hath life, that may it loued make, / And giues not rather cause it to forsake?

    4. To beteach.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA