To go bet, to go fast; to hurry. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Be"ta*ine (&?;), n. [From beta, generic name of the beet.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.
Be*take" (&?;), v. t. [imp. Betook (&?;); p. p. Betaken (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Betaking.] [Pref. be- + take.] 1. To take or seize. [Obs.] Spenser.