betake
betake is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- activity
- adventure
- anvil
- apprentice
- begin
- beginning
- break
- broach
- business
- compact
- contract
- determination
- devote
- embark
- emprise
- engage
- engagement
- enterprise
- execution
- fall
- fire
- first
- foot
- for
- forth
- forward
- hand
- have
- here
- institute
- into
- launch
- lay
- many
- matter
- move
- neck
- oneself
- originate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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