Betake

Be·take

Betake

v. t.

imp. Betook; p. p. Betaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Betaking

  1. To take or seize. [Obs.]
  2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun.
    They betook themselves to treaty and submission.
    The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them.
    Whither shall I betake me, where subsist?
  3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]