betake

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Synonyms

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[edit] Etymology

From be- +‎ take.

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• IPA: /bɪˈteɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪk

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to betake (third-person singular simple present betakes, present participle betaking, simple past betook, past participle betaken)

1. (obsolete) To take. [from 15th c.]
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 194:

     a rain-cloud [...] had betaken a dusky brown color, and about its lower verge a fringe of fine straight lines of rain was suggested [...].

2. (reflexive, archaic) To go or move. [from 17th c.]
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 12:

     I was glad of my arrival for I was wearied with the way, and yellow of face for weakness and want; but my plight was pitiable and I knew not whither to betake me.

3. (reflexive, archaic) To commit to a specified action. [from 16th c.]

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• wend