betake Meaning & Definition

  • En [ bɪˈteɪk]
  • Us [ bɪˈteɪk]

Meaning of betake In English

  • 0 to go somewhere:

    • I shall betake myself to my lodgings.

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Examples of betake

  • Not desirous of sharing Mr Boarham's company for the whole of the morning, I betook myself to the library.

  • He hastily betook himself to the top of the house.

  • The young gentlemen had betaken themselves to their own homes.

  • She betook herself to the house of the Chamberlain.

  • He has betaken himself to a great mass of repair work of a highly profitable character.

  • If it is fine, they roam about and betake themselves to aimless loafing.

  • They are too old to betake themselves to any kind of avocation, even if one could be found.

  • In 1845 ill health forced him to abandon a medical career and to betake himself to milder climes.

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