Partake
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 To take part in an activity; to participate. formal, intransitive
"Brutes partake in this faculty."
- 2 consume wordnet
- 3 To take a share or portion. formal, intransitive
"Will you partake of some food?"
- 4 have, give, or receive a share of wordnet
- 5 To have something of the properties, character, or office. archaic, intransitive
"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"
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- 6 have some of the qualities or attributes of something wordnet
Example
More examples"All the students will partake in the play."
Etymology
Back-formation from Middle English part-takinge, part-takynge (“a sharing; partaking”), a calque of Latin particeps (“participating”); equivalent to part + take. Compare take part. In the sense of taking a share or portion of something, displaced native Old English onbītan (“to taste of, to partake of”).
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