Word of the Day:
betake
What It Means
To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.
Betake in Context
“a rain-cloud [...] had betaken a dusky brown color, and about its lower verge a fringe of fine straight lines of rain was suggested [...].”
Did You Know?
From Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- + take. Cognate with Danish betage (“to take, deprive, cut off”), Swedish beta (“to take, deprive, cut off”).
Source and license
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