Associations to the word «Betake»

Wiktionary

BETAKE, verb. (transitive) To beteach.
BETAKE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
BETAKE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To seize; lay hold of; take. [from 15th c.]
BETAKE, verb. (reflexive) (archaic) To take one's self to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse. [from 17th c.]
BETAKE, verb. (reflexive) (archaic) To commit to a specified action. [from 16th c.]
BETAKE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
BETAKE, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To take oneself.

Wise words

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