a rain-cloud [...] had betaken a dusky brown color, and about its lower verge a fringe of fine straight lines of rain was suggested [...].
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Betake
//bɪˈteɪk//
Synonyms for "betake" (2 found)
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Translations
22 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- залавям се verb (to commit to a specified action)
- отивам verb (to go or move)
- отправям се verb (to go or move)
- прибягвам към verb (to commit to a specified action)
Finnish
2 entries- lähteä verb (to go or move)
- ryhtyä verb (to commit to a specified action)
German
2 entries- sich begeben verb (to go or move)
- sich begeben verb (to commit to a specified action)
Hungarian
4 entries- beveszi magát verb (to go or move)
- elindul verb (to go or move)
- elmegy verb (to go or move)
- fog verb (to commit to a specified action)
Swedish
2 entries- bege sig verb (to go or move)
- ta sin tillflykt verb (to go or move)
Turkish
1 entries- yola koyulmak verb (to go or move)
Sample sentences
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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, […]
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The rest, in imitation, to like arms / Betook them.
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On the slightest loss they betook themselves to treaty and submission; upon the least appearance in their favour they were as ready to resume their arms, without any regard to their former engagements;—a conduct, which demonstrates, that our British ancestors had no regular polity with a standing coercive power.
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