In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
BETAKE
Etymology 1
Verb
betake (third-person singular simple present betakes, present participle betaking, simple past betook, past participle betaken)
(transitive) To beteach.
Etymology 2
Verb
betake (third-person singular simple present betakes, present participle betaking, simple past betook, past participle betaken)
(transitive, obsolete) To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
(transitive, obsolete) To seize; lay hold of; take. [from 15th c.]
(reflexive, archaic) To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse. [from 17th c.]
(reflexive, archaic) To commit to a specified action. [from 16th c.]
(transitive, archaic) To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
(intransitive, archaic) To take oneself.
Synonyms
• wend
Source: Wiktionary
Be*take", v. t. [imp. Betook; p. p. Betaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Betaking.] Etym: [Pref. be- + take.]
1. To take or seize. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To have recourse to; to apply; to resort; to go; -- with a reflexive pronoun. They betook themselves to treaty and submission. Burke. The rest, in imitation, to like arms Betook them. Milton. Whither shall I betake me, where subsist Milton.
3. To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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