betake

To take over to; take across (to); deliver.

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 [...].

To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.

One morning as I lay in my bed, a ſtrong motion vvas ſuddenly glanced into my thoughts of going to London; I aroſe and betook me to the vvay, […]

The rest, in imitation, to like arms / Betook them.

To commit to a specified action.

To commend or entrust to; to commit to.

To beteach.