Verb (used with object), : She betook herself to town. From Dictionary.com.
Hast thou through desires betaken thyself to thy heels?. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
I have now betaken myself to the path of righteousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Kate had betaken herself to her favourite place, the hearthrug. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"] Reference
Oppressed by the heat, I had betaken myself to the shade of a tree!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
And having betaken himself to the chamber provided for him, Ottavio. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844] Reference
Gabine road, whither they had betaken themselves after their defeat. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
One that has betaken oneself to that vow should not speak with women. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Through fear of Kshatriya heroes thou hast betaken thyself to the mountains. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Ferentinum, whither a great multitude of the Volscians had betaken themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
Yes, that's it; under cover of Lady Rose they've betaken themselves to the river. From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
All men would have betaken themselves to the accomplishment of acts without desire of fruit. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Brahmanas, why have men betaken themselves to practices distinguished from those of Brahmanas. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Others than the Germans have betaken themselves to arms to spread a specific and arbitrary type of life. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
Kshatriya duties ordained by the high-souled gods, hast thou betaken thyself to the practices of robbers?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Muni, here, is one who has restrained his senses, or who has betaken himself to the path of Renunciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Mahadeva had betaken himself also abounded with celestial flowers and blazed with celestial rays of light. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
Take ij spaniel whelpes of ij dayes olde, scald them, and cause the entrells betaken out, but wash them not. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
Every line of every page exhibits to us a man who has betaken himself, once for all, to the use of his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865] Reference
In obedience to a Divine summons, Philip had betaken himself to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem to Gaza. From Wordnik.com. [Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters] Reference
Why they had betaken themselves to this particular tavern in preference to that generally used by them, who can say. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
Forsaking luxurious food and all articles of enjoyment, thou hast betaken thyself for a long time to rigid penances. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Whether 'acts' betaken in its general sense or in the particular sense of 'religious acts,' their character is such. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
As regards Prasthitasya it may be taken either as implying one that is dead or one that has betaken himself to Yoga. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
For when the culprit had betaken himself to public meetings, and had made an invidious use of my name, immortal gods!. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
Some, again, attaining to success by practising the vow called Unccha, have betaken themselves to the path of heaven. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Unto him, Agastya said, -- Wretch, as thou hast betaken thyself to a highly improper act, do thou fall down on the Earth. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Brahmanas, who having completed the study of the Vedas have betaken themselves to the domestic mode of life, are so called. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
It had been well if he had restrained his feelings of romance, and betaken himself with his companions to the homeward track. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
In the case, however, of those that have betaken themselves to a life of renunciation the great endeavour is to exhaust this residuum. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The man who walks after those misguided persons that have betaken themselves to devious and wrong paths is afflicted equally with them. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
There was no doubt about it, the wreckers were not there, and the indications were that they had betaken themselves to some other location. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast] Reference
Of all creatures, their lives are superior who have betaken themselves to renunciation and abstained from acts both meritorious and sinful. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Even the spring it originally sheltered has revolted against its sham marble pillars and grotesque entablature, and betaken itself elsewhere!. From Wordnik.com. [A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes] Reference
I, for occupation, have betaken myself to writing in this diary, having caught myself cheating at solitaire, -- a deed I scorn when I am at my best. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
They found La Torre deserted; for the people had betaken themselves to the mountains, from whence they could descry the soldiers pillaging their homes. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
The old gentleman -- might his "shadow never be less," I devoutly wished -- had betaken himself to his plough after an arduous official service of forty years. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.] Reference
Still, I trust that in our enthusiasm for ethic and for the ideal of its master, we have not lost our heads and betaken ourselves to Utopian impracticabilities. From Wordnik.com. [Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles] Reference
The vanquished team had already betaken themselves to their quarters, but the sophomore players were holding an impromptu reception on the ground they had so hotly contested. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
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