Betake

Definition of Betake

Be`take´

v. t.	1.	To take or seize. [imp. Betook ( ); p. p. Betaken ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Betaking.]
	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.

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