betake

verb7

1. •
   [with oneself] (literary) 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, […] — 1657
2. •
   To beteach.
3. •
   [with oneself] (no longer used) To commit to a specified action.
4. •
   (literary, no longer used) To take oneself.
5. •
   (no longer used) To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
6. •
   (no longer used) To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
7. •
   (no longer used) 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 [...]. — 1891