betake

American  

[bih-teyk] / bɪˈteɪk /

verb (used with object)

betook, betaken, betaking

1. to cause to go (usually used reflexively).

   She betook herself to town.

2. Archaic. to resort or have recourse to.

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betake British  

/ bɪˈteɪk /

verb

1. to go; move

2. archaic to apply (oneself) to

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Etymology

Origin of betake

First recorded in 1175–1225, betake is from the Middle English word bitaken. See be-, take

Example Sentences

As soon as you have ascertained that everything is prepared to act in case we are called upon--which I hope may not be the case, as I do not like the service--you may betake yourself to Harbourne House, making me a report as you pass.

From Project Gutenberg

The world would go on just as well without you and I, if we were put out of it to-morrow; friends would find new friends, sweethearts gain new lovers, servants betake them to new masters, and the roses would grow, and the birds would sing, and love, and war, and policy, and the wind of heaven, would have their course as if nothing had happened.

From Project Gutenberg

His parents and relations were all Catholics and having been introduced at an early age into the house of a Huguenot nobleman, and attached for many years to the person of his son, with only one other Catholic in the household, it would seem to have been the natural course of policy for the valet, under his liberal view of things, to abandon Catholicism, and betake himself to the pleasant heresy of his masters.

From Project Gutenberg

"Oh, I fear not the cold," replied Charles of Montsoreau; "and though I certainly prefer not the night to travel in, yet, when I must betake myself to it, I do so without much discomfort or hesitation."

From Project Gutenberg

To remove the barricade, the people said, was utterly impossible; but if her Majesty would descend and betake herself to her chair which was seen carried by her domestics behind her, they would do what they could to make the aperture large enough for her to pass.

From Project Gutenberg