partake en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /pɑɹˈteɪk/ (General-American)
- /pɑːˈteɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- pär-tāk' (General-American)
- pär-tāk' (Received-Pronunciation)
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”).
Meanings
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(formal, intransitive) To take part in an activity; to participate.
Brutes partake in this faculty.
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
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(formal, intransitive) To take a share or portion.
Will you partake of some food?
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.
1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 17”, in The Secret Adversary:
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(archaic, intransitive) To have something of the properties, character, or office.
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
The people are encouraged to perceive their liberation in historic terms and to trust that new events will partake of past glories.
2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1107:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| partakes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| partaken | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| partaking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| partook | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
partaker · unpartaken · unpartaking · partakeable · repartake
Translations (57)
el μοιράζομαι (to take part in an activity) · ru приня́ть уча́стие (to take part in an activity) · cs účastnit se (to take part in an activity) · mi kuhu (to take part in an activity) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to take part in an activity) · de mitessen (to take a share of food) · nl deelnemen (to take part in an activity) · ga glac (to take a share of food) · it partecipare (to take part in an activity) · cs zúčastnit se (to take part in an activity) · ru разделя́ть (to take a share of food) · got 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (to take part in an activity) · es tomar (to take a share of food) · fr participer (to take part in an activity) · nl participeren (to take part in an activity) · el παίρνω μερίδιο (to take part in an activity) · ru отве́дать (to take a share of food) · te పాల్గొను (to take part in an activity) · de mitmachen (to take part in an activity) · es consumir (to take a share of food) · ga bí rannpháirteach (to take part in an activity) · pl uczestniczyć (to take part in an activity) · ru принима́ть уча́стие (to take part in an activity) · cs pojíst (to take a share of food) · eo partopreni (to take part in an activity) · el συνεργώ σε (to take part in an activity) · el κοινωνώ (to take a share of food) · ru раздели́ть (to take a share of food) · hu részt vesz (to take part in an activity) · el μεταλαμβάνω (to take a share of food) · el παίρνω μέρος (to take part in an activity) · cs jíst (to take a share of food) · ja 参加する (to take part in an activity) · fi osallistua (to take part in an activity) · gl participar (to take part in an activity) · ga caith (to take a share of food) · la participō (to take part in an activity) · fi ottaa osaa (to take part in an activity) · cmn 参加 (to take part in an activity) · mi whakauru (to take part in an activity) · et osa võtma (to take part in an activity) · ru уча́ствовать (to take part in an activity) · es permitirse (to take a share of food) · de teilnehmen (to take part in an activity) · sv delta (to take part in an activity) · nl mee-eten (to take a share of food) · es participar (to take part in an activity) · es participar en (to take a share of food) · cs podílet se (to take part in an activity) · bg взимам си (to take a share of food) · et osalema (to take part in an activity) · grc μετέχῳ (to take part in an activity) · ro participa (to take part in an activity) · es participar de (to take a share of food) · cs sníst (to take a share of food) · pt participar (to take part in an activity) · bg уча́ствам (to take part in an activity)