bə̇, bē+ verb
( betook ; betaken ; betaking ; betakes )
Etymology: Middle English betaken, from be- + taken to take — more at take
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to deliver over : give for disposal : give up : grant
Phoebe to a nymph her babe betook — Edmund Spenser
2. archaic : occupy , commit
they betook themselves to a short debate — John Bunyan
3. : to cause (oneself) to go
he betook himself to the steamship offices — C.G.D.Roberts
intransitive verb
obsolete : to take oneself : have recourse : go
then to her … wagon she betakes — Edmund Spenser