The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bitake
Bitake \Bi*take"\, v. t. [See Betake, Betaught.]
To commend; to commit. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Usage examples of "bitake".
Thy soule, litel child, I hym bitake, For this nyght shaltow dyen for my sake.
And hem she yaf hir moebles, and hir thyng, And to the Pope Urban bitook hem tho, And seyde, "I axed this at hevene kyng To han respit thre dayes, and namo, To recomende to yow er that I go Thise soules, lo, and that I myghte do werche Heere of myn hous perpetuelly a chirche.
And to the crowe he stirte, and that anon, And pulled hise white fetheres everychon, And made hym blak, and refte hym al his song, And eek his speche, and out at dore hym slong, Unto the devel-which I hym bitake!