Standard Lemma guide

betake

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/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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