Be-tāke', v. t.

v. t. [imp. BETOOK; p. p. BETAKEN; p. pr. & vb. n. BETAKING.] [be and take: A-S. betēcan.] 1. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; — with the reciprocal pronoun. They betook themselves to treaty and submission. Burke. The rest in imitation, to like arms Betook them. Milton.

2. To take or seize. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To bestow upon. [Obs.] Spenser.