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Betaken

Betake \Be*take"\, v. t. [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.]

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vb. (past participle of betake English)

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Usage examples of "betaken".

He had soon tired of the girl and betaken himself to some other passing fancy, leaving her to her tears, her shame, and all the consequences of her fault.

Morange had already betaken himself to a little winding staircase, by which one reached every floor beside the lift, when in a voice which gradually grew more indistinct, he again called: "I beg you, madame, pray wait for me.

I had been feeling town-worn and world-weary, and my friend had written me saying: "At Elim are twelve wells and seventy palm-trees," and so to Elim I had betaken myself.

Bridget, with the good housekeeper, had betaken themselves to a post next adjoining to the said study.

All these summons proving ineffectual (for the captain had, by perverse accident, betaken himself to a new walk that evening), Mrs.

And then Sir Ector told him all, how he was betaken him for to nourish him, and by whose commandment, and by Merlin's deliverance.

Lonnie had almost certainly betaken himself again in his quest for fresh air and I hoped that he hadn't managed to lose himself between the cabin and the provisions hut.

Prendergast had now betaken himself to the door, and was standing with his back to it, and with his hands in his trousers-pockets, close to the chair on which Mrs.

The poor fox, with his last gasp of strength, had betaken himself to the thicket before the door, and there the hounds had killed him, at the very spot on which Aby Mollett had fallen.

However, you mayrecall Lieutenant Iano told us that the rebels werefanatics who generally did not allow themselves to betaken alive.

There was added also, that portion of the cavalry of the Usipetes and the Tenchtheri, which I have above related to have crossed the Meuse for the purpose of plundering and procuring forage, and was not present at the engagement, had betaken themselves, after the retreat of their countrymen, across the Rhine into the territories of the Sigambri, and united themselves to them.

He had first with Nina and Angelo betaken himself to Naples, and found a fallacious and brief favour with Louis, king of Hungary.

Wearied with this suspense, I have learned by secret intelligence that Rienzi has left the camp, and betaken himself with few attendants to Florence, where he has friends, who will provide him with arms and money to enter Rome.

They had then betaken themselves to FrancheComte, where they lived for some time on the Balm of Life.