Bitaken

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Having gone to a place or turned to a course of action, the archaic past participle of the verb betake
2. An old-fashioned form describing someone who has set off for a place or resorted to some means or activity
3. Archaic participle meaning that a person has repaired somewhere or had recourse to a particular action

Etymology: "Bitaken" is an archaic past participle of "betake," an older form of "betaken," meaning "taken" or "committed." The verb comes from Old English "betæcan," "to hand over or entrust," built from the prefix "be-" and "tæcan," "to hand over, deliver."