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betake

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be⋅take

  [bi-teyk]
–verb (used with object), -took, -tak⋅en, -tak⋅ing.
1. to cause to go (usually used reflexively): She betook herself to town.
2. Archaic. to resort or have recourse to.
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Origin:
1175–1225; ME bitaken. See be-, take
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be·take   (bĭ-tāk')   
tr.v.   be·took (-tŏŏk'), be·tak·en (-tā'kən), be·tak·ing, be·takes

  1. To cause (oneself) to go or move.

  2. Archaic To commit.


[Middle English bitaken : bi-, be- + taken, to take; see take.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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