| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To take or seize.[Websters]
2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun.[Websters] 3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to.[Websters]. | |
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Date "BETAKE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Note: Betake \Be*take"\, transitive verb. [Imperative Betook; present participle Betaken; present participle verb or noun Betaking.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BETAKE
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| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] pret. betook; pp. betaken.. | 2: [Verb] To take to; to have recourse to; to apply; to resort; with the reciprocal pronoun; as, to betake ourselves to arms, or to action. It generally implies a motion towards an object, as to betake ourselves to a shade grove; or an application of the mind or faculties, corresponding with such motion, as to betake ourselves to study or to vice.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (reflexive, archaic) To commit to a specified action. (references) | 2: [Verb] (reflexive, archaic) To go or move. 1885: I was glad of my arrival for I was wearied with the way, and yellow of face for weakness and want; but my plight was pitiable and I knew not whither to betake me. — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 12. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: BETAKE
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Betake oneself | Displace oneself; go from one location to another. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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