partaken

Variant of partake

intransitive verb partook, partaken, partaking

  1. to take part (in an activity); participate
  2. to take a portion or take some; specif., to eat or drink something, esp. in company with others: usually with of
  3. 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

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