betake

Verb

Meaning

To take or seize.

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

To commend or intrust to; to commit to.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wend use become court begin achieve apply add acquire resort attain adhere attach depart recur

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Antonyms

remain break stop block stay remove

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Phrases with the word

to betake oneself betake oneself to betake yourself

Derivatives

betook betaken betaking

Examples

And for yourself, whatever there has been either of sin or duty, remember the one and forget the other, and betake yourself wholly to the mercy of God and the merit of Christ. Donald Cargill

The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing is called a loafer, though he may be knocking at the doors of heaven all the while. Henry David Thoreau

Nor is anything empty: For what is empty is nothing. What is nothing cannot be.Nor does it move; for it has nowhere to betake itself to, but is full. For if there were aught empty, it would betake itself to the empty. But, since there is naught empty, it has nowhere to betake itself to. Melissus of Samos

Close letter words and terms

betail betaine betaish betake oneself betake oneself to betake yourself