Betake \Be*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Betook}; p. p. {Betaken}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Betaking}.] [Pref. be- + take.]
1. To take or seize. [Obs.] --Spenser.

2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a
reflexive pronoun.

They betook themselves to treaty and submission.
--Burke.

The rest, in imitation, to like arms
Betook them. --Milton.

Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? --Milton.

3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]