betake

UK: /bɪˈteɪk/ US: (bi tāk′)

Inflections of 'betake' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

betakes

v 3rd person singular

betaking

v pres p

betook

v past

betaken

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

be•take  (bi tāk′), v.t., -took, -tak•en, -tak•ing. 

1. to cause to go (usually used reflexively):
   She betook herself to town.
2. [Archaic.] to resort or have recourse to.

• Middle English bitaken. See be-, take 1175–1225

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

betake / bɪˈteɪk/ verb ( -takes, -taking, -took, -taken)(transitive)

1. betake oneself ⇒ to go; move
2. to apply (oneself) to