partake
Pronunciation
  • (America) enPR: pär-tāk', IPA: /pɑɹˈteɪk/
  • (RP) enPR: pär-tāk', IPA: /pɑːˈteɪk/
Verb

partake (partakes, present participle partaking; past partook, past participle partaken)

  1. (intransitive, formal) To take part in an activity; to participate.
    • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242 ↗:
      Brutes partake in this faculty.
  2. (intransitive) To take a share or portion (of or in).
    Will you partake of some food?
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To have something of the properties, character, or office (of).
    • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
      the Attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster , who partakes of both qualities, partly of a judge in the court, and partly of an attorney-general
Translations Translations
  • German: mitessen
  • Russian: разделя́ть



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