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be·took
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verb
simple past tense of
betake.
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be·take
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bɪˈteɪk
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verb (used with object),
be·took,
be·tak·en,
be·tak·ing.
1.
to cause to go (usually used reflexively):
She betook herself to town.
2.
Archaic
.
to resort or have recourse to.
Origin:
1175–1225;
Middle English
bitaken.
See
be-
,
take
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betook
(bɪˈtʊk)
—
vb
the past tense of
betake
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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