"betook" meaning in Anglais

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Formes de verbes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en moyen anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du moyen anglais bitaken"
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Forme de verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I made effort to arouse myself by aid of frequent Lafitte, and, all failing, I betook myself to a stray newspaper in despair. (The Angel of the Odd - Edgar Allan Poe)",
          "translation": "Je m’efforçai de me réveiller avec force verres de laffitte, et, n’y pouvant réussir, de désespoir j’eus recours à un numéro de journal égaré près de moi."
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "betake"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prétérit du verbe betake."
      ],
      "id": "fr-betook-en-verb-sgC0FFUs"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\bɪˈtʊk\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "form-of"
  ],
  "word": "betook"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Formes de verbes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en moyen anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du moyen anglais bitaken"
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Forme de verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I made effort to arouse myself by aid of frequent Lafitte, and, all failing, I betook myself to a stray newspaper in despair. (The Angel of the Odd - Edgar Allan Poe)",
          "translation": "Je m’efforçai de me réveiller avec force verres de laffitte, et, n’y pouvant réussir, de désespoir j’eus recours à un numéro de journal égaré près de moi."
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "betake"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Prétérit du verbe betake."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\bɪˈtʊk\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "form-of"
  ],
  "word": "betook"
}