betake

Etymology 1

From Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- + take. Cognate with Danish betage (“to take, deprive, cut off”), Swedish beta (“to take, deprive, cut off”).

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To seize; lay hold of; take.
   a rain-cloud … had betaken a dusky brown color, and about its lower verge a fringe of fine straight lines of rain was suggested …. 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 194
3. (reflexive, literary) To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.
   […] the shepherds of Desvres were seen at a distance betaking themselves to the insufficient shelter of the turfen hovels dotted upon the cote to afford them a retreat from the vicissitudes of the atmosphere. 1831, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, The Tuileries, volume III, page 175
   Accordingly, Mitchell and his fireman, apparently without removing the engine from the up line, set to work and disconnected the motion on the defective side, after which Fireman Richardson, who probably had done the lion's share of the work, betook himself to the refreshment room and had a cup of coffee. 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53
4. (reflexive, archaic) To commit to a specified action.
5. (transitive, archaic) To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
6. (intransitive, archaic) To take oneself.

Etymology 2

From Middle English betaken, bitaken, in form equivalent to be- + take, however, in sense from betæcen, betechen (“to beteach”). More at beteach.

verb

1. (transitive) To beteach.