'Partake' definitions:
Definition of 'partake'
From: WordNet
verb
Have some of the qualities or attributes of something
verb
Have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake" [syn: partake, share, partake in]
verb
Consume; "She didn't touch her food all night" [syn: partake, touch]
Definition of 'Partake'
From: GCIDE
- Partake \Par*take"\ (p[aum]r*t[=a]k"), v. i. [imp. Partook (p[aum]r*t[oo^]k"); p. p. Partaken (p[aum]r*t[=a]k"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Partaking.] [Part + take.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. 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. "Brutes partake in this faculty." --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- When I against myself with thee partake. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'partake'
From: GCIDE
- partake \par*take"\ (p[aum]r*t[=a]k"), v. t.
- 1. To partake of; to have a part or share in; to share. [1913 Webster]
- Let every one partake the general joy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to. [Obs.] --Spencer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To distribute; to communicate. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'partake'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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