betakev.

/bɪˈteɪk/

Forms: Past tense betook. Past participle betaken. For forms see take v.

Etymology: Middle English be- , bitake(n , < bi-, be- prefix + take v. There seems to have been an early confusion of betake with betæce , betæche , beteach v., which extended in part also to the simple take , so that this had the sense of ‘deliver, hand over, give in charge,’ not found in Old Norse, and not logically developed in English from its proper sense of ‘seize, grasp, catch hold of, make oneself holder or owner of.’ In any case, in Middle English, betake , betôk , betaken was identified in sense with beteach , betaughte , betaught ; and only since the latter became obsolete, has betake tended to revert toward the normal sense of take . See take v.

†1.

a. transitive. To hand over, deliver, give up, grant, place at a person's disposal; = beteach v. 2. Const. with dative or to, unto, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another

i-taechec888

outreacheOE

sellc950

beteacha1000

areachc1000

turnc1175

handsellc1225

betakec1250

deliverc1300

beken1330

yielda1382

disposec1384

resigna1387

livera1400

to turn overa1425

deputea1440

overgive1444

quit?c1450

surrend1450

surrender1466

renderc1480

to give over1483

despose1485

refer1547

to pass over1560

to set over1585

behight1590

tip1610

consign1632

delegate1633

skink1637

to hand over1644

delate1651

to turn off1667

to turn in1822

c1250 Laȝamon Brut 22791 He was bi-take [c 1205 iȝefen] Arthur in stede of hostage.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3116 Heo sculleð eow þat lond bi-taken [c1300 Otho bi-teche].

a1300 Havelok 1226 Gold and siluer and oþer fe Bad he us bi-taken þe.

1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1338/2 The onely sacrifice betaken by Chryst vnto his christen church.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy iv. 1391 Ercules..Betoke hir to Telamon.

1618 S. Rowlands Sacred Memorie 24 Then bread he brake, And that to his Disciples did betake.

1621 F. Quarles Hadassa (1638) 89 Zedechia..Into Serajahs peacefull hand betooke The sad contents of a more dismall Booke.

†b. To hand over to the care of; to entrust, commit, give in charge to; = beteach v. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another

givea1000

beteachc1000

teachc1000

betake1297

trust1340

bekena1375

commenda1382

putc1390

recommanda1393

commitc1405

recommendc1405

resignc1425

allot1473

commise1474

commanda1500

consign1528

in charge (of)1548

credit1559

incommend1574

entrusta1586

aret1590

be-giftc1590

concredit1593

betrust1619

concrede1643

subcommit1681

to farm out1786

confide1861

fide1863

doorstep1945

to foster out1960

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)]

fang855

runOE

to take to ——?c1225

seeka1300

goc1390

to have (one's or a) recourse toc1405

recourse?a1425

suit1450

to take (also make or make one's) recourse to (also into)c1456

repairc1475

to fall to ——1490

recur1511

to take unto ——1553

flee1563

betake1590

retreat1650

to call on ——1721

devolve1744

to draw upon ——1800

to draw on ——a1817

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 354 He bytoc hym Engelond, þat he yt wel wuste To Wyllammes byofþe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1126 He was noght bitan [Vesp. bi-taght, Fairf. be-taȝt, Trin. Cambr. bitake] to me.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 34 Betakyn' a thynge to anothere, committo, commendo.

?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 365 Þe whiche god had bytake to her gouernance.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vi. sig. Hh4^v Phæbe to a Nymphe her babe betooke, To be vpbrought in perfect Maydenhed.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lix. 176 The Empresse perceiving the power of the Clergy, betakes her case to them.

†c. To give in marriage. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > give in marriage

spousea1225

marryc1325

(to give, have) to warisonc1330

to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1340

wedc1374

betakea1382

bestowc1405

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. vii. 27 Bytac a doȝtir and a gret werk thou shalt do; and to a wel felende man ȝif hyr.

†2. To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.); often as an appreciation or imprecation. Also in leave-taking: To bid adieu, say good-bye. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another > specifically a person > by expression of wish

betake1297

beteachc1314

commitc1425

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 475 God & Seinte Marie, & Sein Denis al so..Ich bitake min soule.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 562 My soule bitake I vn to Sathanas.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 24 Petre be tok Anani..to þe fend to be tormentid perpetuali.

1493 Festyvall (1515) 115 He betoke them to god & Mary maudeleyne to kepe & wente his way.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Bii Nowe to the deuyll I the betake.

1642 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 4 To God Almighty I betake it for support and speedy good success.

†3. To allot, to assign; = beteach v. 5. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot

givec1050

bequeatha1325

ordaina1325

assign1340

sortc1374

sign1389

betakea1400

beteacha1400

remiss1525

allot1534

carve1578

divide1600

to set off1687

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 401 Þe fiss to water als we finde, Þe foul he bitok [Vesp. be-taght, Fairf. be taȝt] to þe wind.

a. reflexive. To commit oneself, have recourse or resort to any kind of action.See also to betake (oneself) to one's heels at heel n.¹ and int. Phrases 2d(b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to something [verb (reflexive)]

betake15..

redress?a1525

recover1655

15.. Sc. Metr. Ps. lvii My soule doth her betake unto the helpe of the.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vii. 60 When we..betake our selues vnto rest.

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xii. viii. 166 The enemie betooke him to his heeles with small losse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 215 That defence thou hast, betake the too't.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 22 They betook themselves to a short debate.

1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. 220 To betake themselves to other expedients for supporting authority.

1794 E. Burke Speech at Trial W. Hastings 30 May in Wks. (1827) XV. 166 They saw him..betaking himself to flight.

1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek v. 107 The Irish betake themselves to rebellion when stopped in their merry-makings.

†b. intransitive (for reflexive). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. xxviii. sig. E3^v Then to her yron wagon she betakes.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 26 All be-take to flight.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 37 Whether ought was impos'd me by them..or betak'n to of mine own choise.

c. passive.

ΚΠ

1601 T. Wright Passions of Minde (1620) 303 The matter whereunto I am betaken.

a. reflexive. To resort, make one's way, turn one's course, go. (Here the notion of ‘taking’ or ‘conveying’ oneself becomes distinct.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (reflexive)]

wendeOE

meteOE

drawc1175

flitc1175

do?c1225

kenc1275

teemc1275

movec1300

graitha1325

dightc1330

redec1330

windc1330

yieldc1330

dressa1375

raikc1400

winc1400

pass?a1425

get1492

tirec1540

flitch?1567

frame1576

betake1639

rely1641

1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) Pref. 3 It was of old a custome..for the sicke to betake themselves unto the..Temple of Aesculapius.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 922 Whither shall I betake me, where subsist?

a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 3 He betook himself to London.

1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 21 So off he betook him the way that he came.

b. with object = reflexive.pron.

ΚΠ

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations xxxviii, in All Year Round 4 May 122/2 They betook their little quickened hearts behind the panels.

†6. To take; to take in some sense. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)]

nimeOE

haveeOE

atleada1000

latchc1000

take?a1160

takec1175

hentc1300

catcha1382

privea1387

nighc1400

betakec1420

fonc1425

prend1447

win1515

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 639 The x^th day the IIII away betake And other IIII enscore her place into.

a1555 H. Latimer Wks. (1844–5) I. 73 As the blanchers have blanched it and wrested it, and as I myself did once betake it.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 69 Ere that anie way I doo betake, I meane my Gossip privie first to make.

†7. (?) To pursue; to overtake. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake

betakea1000

oftakelOE

overtakec1225

ofgoc1300

under-get1390

attain1393

overget?a1400

overgoc1425

gaincopec1440

overhiec1440

overhalec1540

overcatch1570

overhent1590

win1596

to grow on or upon1603

catcha1616

to fetch up1622

to fetch of, upon1659

overhaul1793

to meet up with1837

to catch up1838

to get past1857

a1000 Ælfric Colloquy ⁋34 Mid swiftum hundum ic betæce [MS. betæcc] wildeor [L. insequor feras].

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 159 Now may ȝe se Be tane ye starkest pundelan.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 29 When slumber sweetlye betaketh Eech mortal person.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	betake
释义	betakev. /bɪˈteɪk/ Forms: Past tense betook. Past participle betaken. For forms see take v. Etymology: Middle English be- , bitake(n , < bi-, be- prefix + take v. There seems to have been an early confusion of betake with betæce , betæche , beteach v., which extended in part also to the simple take , so that this had the sense of ‘deliver, hand over, give in charge,’ not found in Old Norse, and not logically developed in English from its proper sense of ‘seize, grasp, catch hold of, make oneself holder or owner of.’ In any case, in Middle English, betake , betôk , betaken was identified in sense with beteach , betaughte , betaught ; and only since the latter became obsolete, has betake tended to revert toward the normal sense of take . See take v. †1. a. transitive. To hand over, deliver, give up, grant, place at a person's disposal; = beteach v. 2. Const. with dative or to, unto, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another i-taechec888 outreacheOE sellc950 beteacha1000 areachc1000 turnc1175 handsellc1225 betakec1250 deliverc1300 beken1330 yielda1382 disposec1384 resigna1387 livera1400 to turn overa1425 deputea1440 overgive1444 quit?c1450 surrend1450 surrender1466 renderc1480 to give over1483 despose1485 refer1547 to pass over1560 to set over1585 behight1590 tip1610 consign1632 delegate1633 skink1637 to hand over1644 delate1651 to turn off1667 to turn in1822 c1250 Laȝamon Brut 22791 He was bi-take [c 1205 iȝefen] Arthur in stede of hostage. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3116 Heo sculleð eow þat lond bi-taken [c1300 Otho bi-teche]. a1300 Havelok 1226 Gold and siluer and oþer fe Bad he us bi-taken þe. 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1338/2 The onely sacrifice betaken by Chryst vnto his christen church. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy iv. 1391 Ercules..Betoke hir to Telamon. 1618 S. Rowlands Sacred Memorie 24 Then bread he brake, And that to his Disciples did betake. 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa (1638) 89 Zedechia..Into Serajahs peacefull hand betooke The sad contents of a more dismall Booke. †b. To hand over to the care of; to entrust, commit, give in charge to; = beteach v. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another givea1000 beteachc1000 teachc1000 betake1297 trust1340 bekena1375 commenda1382 putc1390 recommanda1393 commitc1405 recommendc1405 resignc1425 allot1473 commise1474 commanda1500 consign1528 in charge (of)1548 credit1559 incommend1574 entrusta1586 aret1590 be-giftc1590 concredit1593 betrust1619 concrede1643 subcommit1681 to farm out1786 confide1861 fide1863 doorstep1945 to foster out1960 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to [verb (transitive)] fang855 runOE to take to ——?c1225 seeka1300 goc1390 to have (one's or a) recourse toc1405 recourse?a1425 suit1450 to take (also make or make one's) recourse to (also into)c1456 repairc1475 to fall to ——1490 recur1511 to take unto ——1553 flee1563 betake1590 retreat1650 to call on ——1721 devolve1744 to draw upon ——1800 to draw on ——a1817 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 354 He bytoc hym Engelond, þat he yt wel wuste To Wyllammes byofþe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1126 He was noght bitan [Vesp. bi-taght, Fairf. be-taȝt, Trin. Cambr. bitake] to me. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 34 Betakyn' a thynge to anothere, committo, commendo. ?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 365 Þe whiche god had bytake to her gouernance. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vi. sig. Hh4^v Phæbe to a Nymphe her babe betooke, To be vpbrought in perfect Maydenhed. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lix. 176 The Empresse perceiving the power of the Clergy, betakes her case to them. †c. To give in marriage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > give in marriage spousea1225 marryc1325 (to give, have) to warisonc1330 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1340 wedc1374 betakea1382 bestowc1405 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. vii. 27 Bytac a doȝtir and a gret werk thou shalt do; and to a wel felende man ȝif hyr. †2. To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.); often as an appreciation or imprecation. Also in leave-taking: To bid adieu, say good-bye. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another > specifically a person > by expression of wish betake1297 beteachc1314 commitc1425 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 475 God & Seinte Marie, & Sein Denis al so..Ich bitake min soule. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 562 My soule bitake I vn to Sathanas. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 24 Petre be tok Anani..to þe fend to be tormentid perpetuali. 1493 Festyvall (1515) 115 He betoke them to god & Mary maudeleyne to kepe & wente his way. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Bii Nowe to the deuyll I the betake. 1642 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 4 To God Almighty I betake it for support and speedy good success. †3. To allot, to assign; = beteach v. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot givec1050 bequeatha1325 ordaina1325 assign1340 sortc1374 sign1389 betakea1400 beteacha1400 remiss1525 allot1534 carve1578 divide1600 to set off1687 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 401 Þe fiss to water als we finde, Þe foul he bitok [Vesp. be-taght, Fairf. be taȝt] to þe wind. 4. a. reflexive. To commit oneself, have recourse or resort to any kind of action.See also to betake (oneself) to one's heels at heel n.¹ and int. Phrases 2d(b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse to something [verb (reflexive)] betake15.. redress?a1525 recover1655 15.. Sc. Metr. Ps. lvii My soule doth her betake unto the helpe of the. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vii. 60 When we..betake our selues vnto rest. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xii. viii. 166 The enemie betooke him to his heeles with small losse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 215 That defence thou hast, betake the too't. View more context for this quotation 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 22 They betook themselves to a short debate. View more context for this quotation 1762 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. 220 To betake themselves to other expedients for supporting authority. 1794 E. Burke Speech at Trial W. Hastings 30 May in Wks. (1827) XV. 166 They saw him..betaking himself to flight. 1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek v. 107 The Irish betake themselves to rebellion when stopped in their merry-makings. †b. intransitive (for reflexive). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. xxviii. sig. E3^v Then to her yron wagon she betakes. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 26 All be-take to flight. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 37 Whether ought was impos'd me by them..or betak'n to of mine own choise. c. passive. ΚΠ 1601 T. Wright Passions of Minde (1620) 303 The matter whereunto I am betaken. 5. a. reflexive. To resort, make one's way, turn one's course, go. (Here the notion of ‘taking’ or ‘conveying’ oneself becomes distinct.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (reflexive)] wendeOE meteOE drawc1175 flitc1175 do?c1225 kenc1275 teemc1275 movec1300 graitha1325 dightc1330 redec1330 windc1330 yieldc1330 dressa1375 raikc1400 winc1400 pass?a1425 get1492 tirec1540 flitch?1567 frame1576 betake1639 rely1641 1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) Pref. 3 It was of old a custome..for the sicke to betake themselves unto the..Temple of Aesculapius. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 922 Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? View more context for this quotation a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 3 He betook himself to London. 1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 21 So off he betook him the way that he came. b. with object = reflexive.pron. ΚΠ 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations xxxviii, in All Year Round 4 May 122/2 They betook their little quickened hearts behind the panels. †6. To take; to take in some sense. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] nimeOE haveeOE atleada1000 latchc1000 take?a1160 takec1175 hentc1300 catcha1382 privea1387 nighc1400 betakec1420 fonc1425 prend1447 win1515 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 639 The x^th day the IIII away betake And other IIII enscore her place into. a1555 H. Latimer Wks. (1844–5) I. 73 As the blanchers have blanched it and wrested it, and as I myself did once betake it. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 69 Ere that anie way I doo betake, I meane my Gossip privie first to make. †7. (?) To pursue; to overtake. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake betakea1000 oftakelOE overtakec1225 ofgoc1300 under-get1390 attain1393 overget?a1400 overgoc1425 gaincopec1440 overhiec1440 overhalec1540 overcatch1570 overhent1590 win1596 to grow on or upon1603 catcha1616 to fetch up1622 to fetch of, upon1659 overhaul1793 to meet up with1837 to catch up1838 to get past1857 a1000 Ælfric Colloquy ⁋34 Mid swiftum hundum ic betæce [MS. betæcc] wildeor [L. insequor feras]. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 159 Now may ȝe se Be tane ye starkest pundelan. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 29 When slumber sweetlye betaketh Eech mortal person. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1000
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