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betake.

To take over to; take across (to); deliver.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/bɪˈteɪk/
  1. To take over to; take across (to); deliver.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To seize; lay hold of; take.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.

    literary · reflexive
  4. To commit to a specified action.

    archaic · reflexive
  5. To commend or entrust to; to commit to.

    archaic · transitive
  6. To take oneself.

    archaic · intransitive · often · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- + take. Cognate with Danish betage (“to take, deprive, cut off”), Swedish beta (“to take, deprive, cut off”).

verb/bɪˈteɪk/
  1. To beteach.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English betaken, bitaken, in form equivalent to be- + take, however, in sense from betæcen, betechen (“to beteach”). More at beteach.

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