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betake

[bih-teyk]

verb (used with object), -took, -tak·en, -tak·ing.

to cause to go (usually used reflexively): She betook herself to town.

Archaic. to resort or have recourse to.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English bitaken. See be-, take

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betake (bɪˈteɪk)

—vb , -takes, -taking, -took, -taken
1.	betake oneself to go; move
2.	archaic to apply (oneself) to

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"It is a sign of our times, conspicuous to the coarsest observer, that many intelligent and religious persons withdraw themselves from the common labors and competitions of the market and the caucus, and betake themselves to a certain solitary and critical way of living, from which no solid fruit has yet appeared to justify their separation."

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