Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Preterit of betake and betake.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • imp. of betake.

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  • verb Simple past of betake.

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Examples

  • Accordingly, on the morrow, they again betook themselves to the

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The Stag betook himself to flight, and kept himself with ease at a safe distance from the Lion, until he entered a wood and became entangled with his horns.

    Aesop's Fables A New Revised Version From Original Sources 620 BC-563 BC Aesop 1865

  • Before they went to visit certain of the saints of Ireland, Colum-cille (Saint Columba) and Bauheen, his cousin, betook themselves to Armagh, that place that was consecrated by Saint Patrick and in which the bell that he blessed was still rung.

    St Patrick's Day John 2009

  • Before they went to visit certain of the saints of Ireland, Colum-cille (Saint Columba) and Bauheen, his cousin, betook themselves to Armagh, that place that was consecrated by Saint Patrick and in which the bell that he blessed was still rung.

    St Berthold's Feast Day. . . . John 2009

  • In this mood of mind I betook myself to the mathematics, and the branches of study appertaining to that science, as being built upon secure foundations, and so worthy of my consideration.

    Chapter 2 2010

  • By his efforts the jailer attained at length to the directorship of all the prisons of Cho-sen; the Governor ultimately betook himself to the Sacred City to be prime minister to the King, while Yi Chin Ho became the King's boon companion and sat at table with him to the end of a round, fat life.

    A NOSE FOR THE KING 2010

  • Then she betook herself to Maine to speak at a rally to discuss such radical concepts as equality under the law as a Constitutional right.

    Lynn Parramore: Let's Go Gaga: Time to Ask and Tell 2010

  • I made effort to arouse myself by aid of frequent Lafitte, and, all failing, I betook myself to a stray newspaper in despair.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • Postponing, therefore, for the present, my suicidal design, I just slipped my nether extremities into the sleeves of my coat, and betook myself to a pursuit of the felon with all the nimbleness which the case required and its circumstances would admit.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • Then she betook herself to Maine to speak at a rally to discuss such radical concepts as equality under the law as a Constitutional right.

    Lynn Parramore: Let's Go Gaga: Time to Ask and Tell 2010

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