Hypertext Webster Gateway: "betook"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Betook \Be*took"\,
imp. of {Betake}.

Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup

Enter word here:
Exact Approx

dict.stokkie.net
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents; see the Webster Gateway FAQ, and also the Back-end/database links and credits.