betake

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to go or resort to a place or course of action, used chiefly in the reflexive phrase betake oneself

   At dusk, the travelers would betake themselves to the nearest inn.

From Middle English bitaken, formed from be- and take. Several earlier senses involved taking, seizing, or entrusting, but modern use survives mainly in the literary reflexive expression betake oneself, 'go or resort.'

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