betook

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betook - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a
        reflexive pronoun.
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              They betook themselves to treaty and submission.
                                                    --Burke.
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              The rest, in imitation, to like arms
              Betook them.                          --Milton.
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              Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? --Milton.
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     3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]
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  Betook \Be*took"\,
     imp. of Betake.
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