Betake \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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)