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 Be·take v. t. [imp. Betook p. p. Betaken p. pr. & vb. n. Betaking.]
 1. To take or seize. [Obs.]
 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. [Obs.]
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