Betake (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. Betook (&unr_;); p. p. Betaken (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Betaking.] [Pref. be- + take.] 1. To take or seize. [Obs.] Spenser.[1913 Webster]
2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun.[1913 Webster]
They betook themselves to treaty and submission.
The rest, in imitation, to like armsBetook them.
Whither shall I betake me, where subsist?
3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.][1913 Webster]