BETAKE

betake

Verb

  1. To beteach.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
  2. To seize; lay hold of; take.
  3. To take one's self to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.
    They betook themselves to treaty and submission. — Burke.
    The rest, in imitation, to like arms / Betook them. — Milton.
  4. To commit to a specified action.
  5. To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
  6. To take oneself.


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