Definition of Betook. Meaning of Betook. Synonyms of Betook

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Definition of Betook

Betook
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.]
Betook
Betook Be*took", imp. of Betake.

Meaning of Betook from wikipedia

- 1951, p. 91. Rebenich 2002, p. 211: Further, he began to study Hebrew: 'I betook myself to a brother who before his conversion had been a Hebrew and...'...
- August Strindberg describes Ystad like so: The little town to which I now betook myself lies in the extreme south of Sweden, on the seacoast. It is an old...
- Karusha, Saryati, Nabhaga, Pranshu, Prisadhra and a daughter Ila. They all betook themselves to the practices of Kshatriyas (warriors). Besides these, Manu...
- Aristobulus resumed his political intrigues. He left Jerusalem secretly and betook himself to his friends, who controlled the largest number of fortified places...
- Claude of Lorraine, was appanaged with the lordship of Guise in France and betook himself to the French court in search of his fortune. There, he was granted...
- scourged and beheaded according to the laws. The holy martyrs glorifying God betook themselves to the customary place, where they were beheaded and consummated...
- the bank of the Danube, and many of the Huns, then swarming everywhere, betook themselves into Romania; descendants of them are to this day called Sacromontisi...
- achieved" betook himself to (his) mother, whose eyes were full of tears from joy, just as Krishna, when he had slain (his) enemies, betook himself to...
- him the many Jews, priests and laymen, who sided with the rebel, these betook themselves to Shechem; a schismatic temple was then erected on Mount Garizim...
- duchesse de Chevreuse. Thus abandoned, and in disgrace at court, the Duchess betook herself to religion. She accompanied her husband to his government at Rouen...