Be‐take″ (�), v. t. [imp.Betook (�); p. p.Betaken (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Betaking.] [Pref. be- + take.] 1. To take or seize. Spenser.
2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; — with a reflexive pronoun.
They betook themselves to treaty and submission.
Burke.
The rest, in imitation, to like arms
Betook them.
Milton.
Whither shall I betake me, where subsist?
Milton.
3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to.