Partake

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: par=take

CIDE DICTIONARY

Partake, v. i. [Part + take.].

•  To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with others.  Locke.  [1913 Webster]

  "When I against myself with thee partake."  [1913 Webster]
•  To have something of the properties, character, or office; -- usually followed by of.  [1913 Webster]

  "The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general."  [1913 Webster]

Partake, v. t. 

•  To partake of; to have a part or share in; to share.  [1913 Webster]

  "Let every one partake the general joy."  [1913 Webster]
•  To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to.  Spencer.  [1913 Webster]
•  To distribute; to communicate.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Partake, v.intr. (past partook; past part. partaken)
1 (foll. by of, in) take a share or part.
2 (foll. by of) eat or drink some or colloq. all (of a thing).
3 (foll. by of) have some (of a quality etc.) (their manner partook of insolence).

Derivative

partakable adj. partaker n.

Etymology

16th c.: back-form. f. partaker, partaking = part-taker etc.

THESAURUS

Partake

acquire, be enfranchised, be implicated in, bear a hand, break bread, catch up, chip in, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, clench, clinch, clutch, contribute, count calories, diet, drain off, draw off, eat, embrace, enter into, evoke, fall to, fare, feed, get, get hold of, glom on to, go into, grab, grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, have suffrage, help decide, hint at, hug, hunger, imply, intimate, join, join in, lay hands on, lay hold of, loot, make the scene, nail, nip, nip up, palm, partake in, partake of, participate, participate in, pillage, pitch in, pocket, possess, pull an oar, receive, relish, savor, seize, share, share in, sit in, sit in on, snap up, snatch, steal, suggest, take, take by assault, take by storm, take hold of, take part in, take possession, taste, vote, whip up

ROGET THESAURUS

Partake

Participation

VB participate, partake, share, share in, come in for a share, go shares, go snacks, go halves, share and share alike, have in common, possess in common, be seized in common, have as joint tenants, possess as joint tenants, be seized as joint tenants, join in, have a hand in.