Verb (used with object), : She betook herself to town. From Dictionary.com.
Accordingly, on the morrow, they again betook themselves to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Then she again betook herself to. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
As this plan fell through, Cæsar betook himself to. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
Saraceni and I betook ourselves to the illustrious Madonna. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
These father and I betook us to reading during the evenings. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Finding this, the Vaudois betook themselves to the summit of. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
April sunshine of the little High Street, and betook himself to. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
After satisfying their curiosity they betook themselves to business. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
Angelica flitted away to a dance, Vernon betook himself to his club and. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
The balcony was dark and deserted, and I betook myself to its seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information] Reference
From Antwerp, I betook myself to Paris to vent my second "disappointment.". From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
At the corner of the next street was a big hospital, and Patch betook himself thither. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
One Sunday, contrary to his habit, Frank betook himself to one of the country churches. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
The water now being deep and dead, we betook ourselves to our oars and rowed up 6 miles. From Wordnik.com. [An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut detailing the distressing events of the expedition against Quebec, under the command of Col. Arnold in the year 1775] Reference
Marjory then betook herself to the kitchen to try her powers of persuasion upon Lisbeth. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
The three actors left the table and betook themselves to the brewery on the Rue Blondel. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Their little trained fingers betook of their surroundings and worked like fingers of steel. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Those affected with it held themselves to be wild beasts, and betook themselves to the forests. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
In the excess of his mortification he betook himself to cards, and was soon sent away penniless. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
He betook himself to making all kinds of incongruous marks upon a sheet of paper that lay before him. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Then she betook herself to her own room and let her thoughts fly back to Olive and Claire and -- Clarence. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
"Good-night, Sir, I hope you'll be better soon," said Jacques, as each one betook himself towards his home. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
Three times, with six of his men, he betook himself to prayer; and three times the Lord sent him deliverance. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
The first immigrants betook themselves to Barberton, and some three or four years later to the Witwatersrandt. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
On this errand of mercy he betook himself to the slopes of that mountain (La Vachere) which overlook the Pra del Tor. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
Large numbers had again to choose between the idolatrous mass or the dungeon unless they betook themselves to flight. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
And Josaphat being seized with fear betook himself wholly to pray to the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Juda. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 14: 2 Paralipomenon The Challoner Revision] Reference
Howbeit I thanked him very heartily for his hospitality, and betook myself to the chamber that was assigned for my repose. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
The field of Culloden was the following day to be the general rendezvous, and every individual betook himself to his corps. From Wordnik.com. [The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.)] Reference
I-- did descend from the bartizan, and betook ourselves to the great withdrawing room, to wait for the result of the approach. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
"Tired nature," however, claimed her dues, and one by one, officers and privates at late hours betook themselves to their blankets. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
Rubezahl once betook himself to the Hirschberg, which is in the neighbourhood of his forest haunts, and there offered his services as. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
Mabel left the table as soon as decorum would permit, and betook herself up-stairs to her own sanctum to nurse her grief in solitude. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
He betook himself to the village tailor forthwith and ordered a new suit of clothes, though his Sunday best was by no means shiny yet. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Then she betook herself to Maine to speak at a rally to discuss such radical concepts as equality under the law as a Constitutional right. From Wordnik.com. [Lynn Parramore: Let's Go Gaga: Time to Ask and Tell] Reference
Unhappily, while the Congleton manufacturer contented himself with angry words, the gentleman of thirty descents betook himself to action. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.