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PARTAKE

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Irregular inflected forms: partaken    , partook   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consume

Example:

She didn't touch her food all night

Synonyms:

partake; touch

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "partake" is one way to...):

consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "partake"):

receive (partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have, give, or receive a share of

Example:

We shared the cake

Synonyms:

partake; partake in; share

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "partake" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "partake"):

cut in (allow someone to have a share or profit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

partaker (someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Have some of the qualities or attributes of something

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "partake" is one way to...):

share (have in common)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

I should be extremely displeased if Wright were to send us up such a dinner, as could make me regret having asked more than Jane Fairfax to partake of it.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

His love partook of the nature of worship, dumb, inarticulate, a silent adoration.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Finally, an analysis has shown that the remains of his supper left by the stable-lad contain an appreciable quantity of powdered opium, while the people at the house partook of the same dish on the same night without any ill effect.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But I trust, Sir Nigel, that you will also partake of none-meat with me?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It seemed to partake of her soul, to have analogous attributes, and to link it to life with the slenderest of chains.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

We walked, that winter evening, in the fields together; and the blessed calm within us seemed to be partaken by the frosty air.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Here was knowledge in which no one could partake; and she was sensible that nothing less than a perfect understanding between the parties could justify her in throwing off this last encumbrance of mystery.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The land literally flowed with milk and honey on such occasions, for the lads were not required to sit at table, but allowed to partake of refreshment as they liked—freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A beggar-woman and her little boy—pale, ragged objects both—were coming up the walk, and I ran down and gave them all the money I happened to have in my purse—some three or four shillings: good or bad, they must partake of my jubilee.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)