betakeverb [ T ]
/bɪˈteɪk//bɪˈteɪk/past tense betook, past participle betaken OLD USEbetake yourself
to go somewhere:
I shall betake myself to my lodgings.
More examples
- Not desirous of sharing Mr Boarham's company for the whole of the morning, I betook myself to the library.
- He hastily betook himself to the top of the house.
- The young gentlemen had betaken themselves to their own homes.
- She betook herself to the house of the Chamberlain.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
General words for movement
- budge
- budge up
- circulate
- come
- gangway!
- go around
- go by
- head
- manoeuvre
- mill around
- mobility
- mope
- mope around (somewhere)
- motility
- move
- round
- steer
- stir
- sway
- travel
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