'Partaking' definitions:
Definition of 'Partaking'
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]
Synonyms of 'partaking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- affiliation,
- association,
- cochairmanship,
- companionship,
- company,
- complicity,
- condominium,
- consociation,
- contribution,
- cooperation,
- copartnership,
- copartnery,
- cotenancy,
- engaged,
- engagement,
- fellowship,
- fraternity,
- fraternization,
- having a part,
- implicated,
- involved,
- involvement,
- joint chairmanship,
- joint control,
- joint ownership,
- joint tenancy,
- membership,
- participant,
- participating,
- participation,
- participative,
- participatory,
- partnership,
- sharing,
- society,
- suffrage,
- voting