betakel (betak)

[ cf. Sw. betaka = Dan. betage, take, deprive, cut off.] I. trans. 1t. To seize; take hold of; take. Then to his handes that writt he did betake . Spenser, F. Q., I. xii. 25. 2. Reflexively, to take one's self (to); repair; resort; have recourse. The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them , Milton , P. L., vi. 663. Betake you to your silence, and your sleep. B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. They betook themselves to treaty and submi ion. Burke, Abridg. of Eng. Hist., i. 1. II.t in trans. To take one's self. But here ly downe, and to thy rest betake . Spenser, F. Q., I. ix. 44. betake2t, v. t.; pret. betook , be taught , pp. be taught , ppr. betaking . [ME. betaken , etc., with forms prop. belonging to betakel , q. v., but with va- rio us senses of betacen , betechen , be teach: see be teach .] Same as be teach . betalkt (bē-tak'), v. i. [ talk .] To talk repeatedly. Drayton. be tallow (bē-tal'ō), v. t. [ be taught (bē-tât'). Preterit of betake2 and be teach. betelt, v., bete2t, n., bete3t, v., etc. Obsolete form of beat, beet1, beet2, etc.