Definition of betake:
(v) :
(reflexive, literary) To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.
(v) :
(intransitive, archaic, often poetic) To take oneself.
(v) :
(transitive, archaic) To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
(v) :
(reflexive, archaic) To commit to a specified action.
(v) :
(transitive) To beteach.
(v) :
(transitive, obsolete) To take over to; take across (to); deliver.