Definition of Betake. Meaning of Betake. Synonyms of Betake

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Definition of Betake

Betake
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.]

Meaning of Betake from wikipedia

- alcoholic beverage, thus cir****venting the law. In desperate cases it has to betake itself to the exhibition of Greenland pigs and other curious animals, charging...
- not equal to a painter, but to Nature itself – died in Port' Ercolebetaking himself hither from Naplesreturning to Rome – 15th calend of August...
- until the next May, when they are again... forced around St. Vitus' Day to betake themselves to that place... [o]ne of these women is said to have danced...
- magnificent palaces in Rome, as well as fifteen villas to which he could betake himself whenever he needed change." Symmachus, and his real-life ****ociates...
- capital of the Khazars. They embark on the Jorjan Sea, arrive at Balkh, betake themselves from there across the Oxus, and continue their journey toward...
- that soft charm, that spell, that magick bough, That high enchantment I betake me now: And to that hand, the branch of Heavens faire tree, I kneele for...
- panegyric required completely puts to shame our limited powers, let us betake ourselves to that hymn which is not beyond our faculties, and boasting in...
- me in view of eternal death, I, duty bound, made it my first business to betake myself to your way, condemning my past life, not without groans and tears...
- Uzmi za me oku zlata Aj, pa pozlati dvoru vrata My darling, where do you betake yourself? Oh, why don't you lead me there too? Lead me to the čaršija Oh...
- the children shall pick rags to lint [for bandages]; the old men shall betake themselves to the public square in order to arouse the courage of the warriors...