verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/bɪˈteɪk/
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rhymes with -eɪk
CMU ARPABET:B IY0 T EY1 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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2
verb
Meaning 2
To seize; lay hold of; take.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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3
verb
Meaning 3
To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, reflexive
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4
verb
Meaning 4
To commit to a specified action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, reflexive
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5
verb
Meaning 5
To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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6
verb
Meaning 6
To take oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive, often, poetic
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7
verb
Meaning 7
To beteach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
From 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.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
отивам
(otivam)
— to go or move
Bulgarian:
отправям се
(otpravjam se)
— to go or move
Finnish:
lähteä
— to go or move
German:
sich begeben
— to go or move
Hungarian:
elindul
— to go or move
Hungarian:
útnak indul
— to go or move
Hungarian:
indul
— to go or move
Hungarian:
megy
— to go or move
Hungarian:
elmegy
— to go or move
Hungarian:
beveszi magát
— to go or move
Swedish:
bege sig
— to go or move
Swedish:
ta sin tillflykt
— to go or move
Turkish:
yola koyulmak
— to go or move
Bulgarian:
залавям се
(zalavjam se)
— to commit to a specified action
Bulgarian:
прибягвам към
(pribjagvam kǎm)
— to commit to a specified action
Finnish:
ryhtyä
— to commit to a specified action
German:
sich begeben
— to commit to a specified action
Hungarian:
fog
— to commit to a specified action
Hungarian:
kezd
— to commit to a specified action
Hungarian:
nekilát
— to commit to a specified action
Hungarian:
lát
— to commit to a specified action
Hungarian:
átadja magát
— to commit to a specified action