betake Meaning, Definition & Usage

Be*take" transitive verb

Etymology

Pref. be- + take.

Wordforms

imperfect Betook past participle Betaken present participle & verbal noun Betaking

Definitions

1. To take or seize. Obs. Spenser.
2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun.

   They betook themselves to treaty and submission. Burke.

   The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them. Milton.

   Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? Milton.

3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. Obs.