betook

[ bih-took ]

verb

1. the simple past tense of betake.

betook

/ bɪˈtʊk /

verb

1. the past tense of betake

Example Sentences

Upon learning of a red snowfield in the Swiss Alps, the American Naturalist reported that a Mr. Shuttleworth “betook himself thither” with his microscope and declared the color due to tiny animalcules.

From Seattle Times

My thoughts passed into the great room across the landing where the table was spread, and I saw it written, as it were, in the falls of the cobwebs from the centre-piece, in the crawlings of the spiders on the cloth, in the tracks of the mice as they betook their little quickened hearts behind the panels, and in the gropings and pausings of the beetles on the floor.

From Literature

When at last she left you, you lapsed at once into deep reverie: you betook yourself slowly to pace the gallery.

From Literature

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.

From Literature

Alyce betook herself to the cottage door, ready to run from this horror.

From Literature