betake

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪˈteɪk/ Rhymes: -eɪk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- +‎ take. Cognate with Danish betage (“to take, deprive, cut off”), Swedish beta (“to take, deprive, cut off”). ==== Verb ==== betake (third-person singular simple present betakes, present participle betaking, simple past betook, past participle betaken) (transitive, obsolete) To take over to; take across (to); deliver. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; lay hold of; take. [from 15th c.] (reflexive, literary) To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse. [from 17th c.] (reflexive, archaic) To commit to a specified action. [from 16th c.] (transitive, archaic) To commend or entrust to; to commit to. (intransitive, archaic, often poetic) To take oneself. ===== Synonyms ===== wend ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English betaken, bitaken, in form equivalent to be- +‎ take, however, in sense from betæcen, betechen (“to beteach”). More at beteach. ==== Verb ==== betake (third-person singular simple present betakes, present participle betaking, simple past betook, past participle betaken) (transitive) To beteach. === References === “betake”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “betake”, in Collins English Dictionary.