betake
To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourseTo take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.
» He betook himself to the lion's den.
Er begab sich in die Höhle des Löwen.
Meaning
7 senses(literary, reflexive)To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.
sich begeben
(transitive)To beteach.
(obsolete, transitive)To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
(obsolete, transitive)To seize; lay hold of; take.
(archaic, reflexive)To commit to a specified action.
sich begeben
(archaic, transitive)To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
(archaic, intransitive, often, poetic)To take oneself.
Examples
1 sentencesHe betook himself to the lion's den.
deEr begab sich in die Höhle des Löwen.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- + take. Cognate with Danish betage (“to takFrom Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- + take. Cognate with Danish betage (“to take, deprive, cut off”), Swedish beta (“to take, deprive, cut off”).
From Middle English betaken, bitaken, in form equivalent to be- + take, however, in sense from betæcen, betechen (“to beteach”). More at beteach.
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Forms
betakes, betaking, betook, betakenSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle