betake

Definition

To take over to; take across (to); deliver.

Etymology

From Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- + take. Cognate with Danish betage (“to take, deprive, cut off”), Swedish beta (“to take, deprive, cut off”).

Example Sentences

• "a rain-cloud [...] had betaken a dusky brown color, and about its lower verge a fringe of fine straight lines of rain was suggested [...]."
• "One morning as I lay in my bed, a ſtrong motion vvas ſuddenly glanced into my thoughts of going to London; I aroſe and betook me to the vvay, […]"
• "The rest, in imitation, to like arms / Betook them."