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Partake is defined as to participate or take.
(verb)- An example of partake is singing a song while out with friends at a karaoke club.
- An example of partake is having a cocktail while out with friends at a bar.
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See partake in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb partook, partaken, partaking
- to take part (in an activity); participate
- to take a portion or take some; specif., to eat or drink something, esp. in company with others: usually with of
- to have or show a trace (of); have some of the qualities (of)
Origin: back-form. < partaker, contr. of part taker, transl. of L particeps < pars, part + capere, to take: see have
Related Forms:
- partaker noun
See partake in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb par·took (-to͝okˈ), par·tak·en (-tāˈkən), par·tak·ing, par·takes verb, intransitive
- To take or have a part or share; participate.
- To take or be given part or portion: The guests partook of a delicious dinner.
- To have part of the quality, nature, or character of something.
To take or have a part in; share in.
Origin:
Origin: Back-formation from partaker, one who partakes
Origin: , from Middle English part-taker (translation of Latin particeps, participant)
.Related Forms:
- par·takˈer noun
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