verb
- to go or move oneself to a place; to resort to or have recourse to something
Usage: formal; archaic
Examples
- The knight betakes himself to the castle for safety.
- She betakes herself to prayer in times of trouble.
- The scholar betakes himself to his study each morning.
- When danger approaches, the deer betakes itself to the forest.
- He betakes himself to solitude when he needs to think.
- The merchant betakes himself to the marketplace at dawn.