Associations to the word «Betake»

Wiktionary

BETAKE, verb. (transitive) To beteach.
BETAKE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
BETAKE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To seize; lay hold of; take. [from 15th c.]
BETAKE, verb. (reflexive) (archaic) To take one's self to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse. [from 17th c.]
BETAKE, verb. (reflexive) (archaic) To commit to a specified action. [from 16th c.]
BETAKE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
BETAKE, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To take oneself.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn