partake
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) enPR: pär-tāk', IPA(key): /pɑɹˈteɪk/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pär-tāk', IPA(key): /pɑːˈteɪk/
- Rhymes: -eɪk
- Hyphenation: par‧take
Verb
[edit]partake (third-person singular simple present partakes, present participle partaking, simple past partook, past participle partaken) (intransitive)
- (formal) To take part in an activity; to participate. [with in]
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
- Brutes partake in this faculty.
- (formal) To take a share or portion. [with of or in]
- Will you partake of some food?
- 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 17”, in The Secret Adversary:
- The steak and chips partaken of for lunch seemed now to belong to another decade. He regretfully recognized the fact that he would not make a success of a hunger strike.
- (archaic) To have something of the properties, character, or office. [with 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
- 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1107:
- The people are encouraged to perceive their liberation in historic terms and to trust that new events will partake of past glories.
- c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
Translations
[edit]to take part in an activity
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