Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to betake
Participle: betaken
Gerund: betaking
Indicative
Present
| I | betake |
| you | betake |
| he;she;it | betakes |
| we | betake |
| you | betake |
| they | betake |
Perfect
| I | have betaken |
| you | have betaken |
| he;she;it | has betaken |
| we | have betaken |
| you | have betaken |
| they | have betaken |
Past
| I | betook |
| you | betook |
| he;she;it | betook |
| we | betook |
| you | betook |
| they | betook |
Pluperfect
| I | had betaken |
| you | had betaken |
| he;she;it | had betaken |
| we | had betaken |
| you | had betaken |
| they | had betaken |
Future
| I | will betake |
| you | will betake |
| he;she;it | will betake |
| we | will betake |
| you | will betake |
| they | will betake |
Future Perfect
| I | will have betaken |
| you | will have betaken |
| he;she;it | will have betaken |
| we | will have betaken |
| you | will have betaken |
| they | will have betaken |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | betake |
| you | betake |
| he;she;it | betake |
| we | betake |
| you | betake |
| they | betake |
Perfect
| I | have betaken |
| you | have betaken |
| he;she;it | have betaken |
| we | have betaken |
| you | have betaken |
| they | have betaken |
Imperfect
| I | betook |
| you | betook |
| he;she;it | betook |
| we | betook |
| you | betook |
| they | betook |
Pluperfect
| I | had betaken |
| you | had betaken |
| he;she;it | had betaken |
| we | had betaken |
| you | had betaken |
| they | had betaken |
Conditional
Present
| I | would betake |
| you | would betake |
| he;she;it | would betake |
| we | would betake |
| you | would betake |
| they | would betake |
Perfect
| I | would have betaken |
| you | would have betaken |
| he;she;it | would have betaken |
| we | would have betaken |
| you | would have betaken |
| they | would have betaken |
Imperative
| you | betake |
| we | Let's betake |
| you | betake |
Verbs conjugated like 'betake'
betake,
caretake,
forsake,
mistake,
overtake,
partake,
retake,
shake,
take,
undertake,
Verbs similar to 'betake'
bewake,
bitake,
retake,
atake,
bake,
beak,
becare,
bedaze,
beduke,
beflake,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bitaken, equivalent to be- + take. Cognate with Danish betage (“to take, deprive, cut off”), Swedish beta (“to take, deprive, cut off”). See: Danish '
betage', Swedish '
beta'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] maxim my father seemed to consider a settler in most alleged cases of cruelty. After he had said _that_, he commonly drew up his feet on the sofa, like a man that has disposed of a business, and betook himself to a nap, or the newspaper, as the case might be.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] at the Quaker dwelling, sick with a rheumatic fever, which set in, in company with his other afflictions, Tom arose from his bed a somewhat sadder and wiser man; and, in place of slave-catching, betook himself to life in one of the new settlements, where his talents developed themselves more happily in trapping bears, wolves, and other inhabitants of the forest, in which he made himself quite a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)