\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.]