单词 | re-betake |
释义 | re-betakev. Now rare. transitive (reflexive). To go again to a place, an activity, etc. ΚΠ 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. xii. 230 At length..She re-betakes her to her lonely Bed And there bewails her everlasting widow-head. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xix. 128 If he hath not gotten already enough whereon comfortably to subsist, he rebetakes himself to his former calling. 1647 S. Rutherford Christ Dying 346 Men should leape backe to themselves, and re-betake themselves to their owne acts. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 171/2 He..doubtless re-betook himself to his reluctantly abandoned stand, when we were out of sight. 1865 F. Marryat Woman against Woman I. x. 224 Lady Frances Morgan..arched her eyebrows in surprise at the nonchalance which her hostess displayed, and re-betook herself to her book. 1937 T. B. Thompson Take her down, Submarine Portrait 219 His Majesty's Forces re-betook themselves to their barracks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1635 |
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