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betake
[ bih-teyk ]
verb (used with object)
, be·took [bih-, took], be·tak·en, be·tak·ing.
- to cause to go (usually used reflexively):
She betook herself to town.
- Archaic. to resort or have recourse to.
betake
/ bɪˈteɪk /
verb
- betake oneselfto go; move
- archaic.to apply (oneself) to
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Now King Harald bade a warlock betake him to Iceland in one or other guise, that he might bring him back tidings of the country.
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The danger now was that a Spanish army would seize Madrid, and thither the French army must betake itself.
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Let them sink all our sailing vessels, we will betake ourselves to tugs.
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So I determined to betake myself to Germany, there to study medicine and, as opportunity offered, other sciences also.
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Therefore did the conscientious driver of the piety-quill betake himself to some new field.
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