betook
Use Betook in a sentence
verb
simple past tense of betake.
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betake (bɪˈteɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -takes, -taking, -took, -taken | |
| 1. | betake oneself to go; move |
| 2. | archaic to apply (oneself) to |
| betook (bɪˈtʊk) | |
| —vb | |
| the past tense of betake | |
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Example sentences
She immediately betook herself to the street which she searched down to the river.
They betook them selves to prayer and the sounds grew nearer.
Here he betook himself to the exercises of a solitary life with more joy and fervour than ever.
Thus they talked awhile, and then betook themselves to sleep.
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