Word info

betook

Meaning

of Betake

imp. of Betake.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

By annihilating the wicked I lightened the great weight on the globe. I delivered the country by establishing Swarajya and by saving religion. I betook myself to shake off the great exhaustion which had come upon me. I was asleep, why then, did you my darlings awaken me? Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

I established myself in a fairly remote country house and entertained my imagination with various means of transport. Here is how I betook myself to heaven. Cyrano de Bergerac

The hero withdrew and betook himself for a space to his companions, waiting. Gaius Valerius Flaccus

The life at S. Sophia was not strict enough for the young monk, who betook himself first to the island monastery of Tremite San Nicolo The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, 12 p.178. Source: Internet

The holy martyrs glorifying God betook themselves to the customary place, where they were beheaded and consummated their martyrdom confessing their Saviour. Source: Internet

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