partake
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
partake (partakes, present participle partaking; past partook, past participle partaken)
- (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.
- (intransitive) To take a share or portion (of or in).
- Will you partake of some food?
- (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
- c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
- French: participer
- German: teilnehmen, mitmachen
- Italian: partecipare
- Portuguese: participar
- Russian: принима́ть уча́стие
- Spanish: participar
- German: mitessen
- Russian: разделя́ть
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