betake

Meaning

Verb

• To beteach.
• To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
• To seize; lay hold of; take.
• To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.
• To commit to a specified action.
• To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
• To take oneself.

Related

Similar words

• wend

Origin

• From Middle English betaken, bitaken, in form equivalent to be- + take, however, in sense from betæcen, betechen. More at beteach.
• From Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- + take. Cognate with Danish betage ("to take, deprive, cut off"), Swedish beta ("to take, deprive, cut off").