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Definition of Betook
1. betake [v] - See also: betake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Betook
Literary usage of Betook
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"Finding that the remedies of his physicians availed nothing, it is probable that
he betook himself to God, and therefore decreed the discharge of all debts ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"l After leaving the university Eliot betook himself to one of the inns of court
to master so much of the law as was then considered a necessary part of the ..."
3. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"dA few of the nobility having escaped from Warsaw, betook themselves to Cracow,
and 177g there endeavoured to form a party against the plunderers ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"Finding that the remedies of his physicians availed nothing, it is probable that
he betook himself to God, and therefore decreed the discharge of all debts ..."
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