 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Betake \Be*take"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Betook}; p. p. {Betaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betaking}.] [Pref. be- + take.]
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.]
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |