Associations to the word «Partake»

Wiktionary

PARTAKE, verb. (intransitive) (formal) To take part in an activity; to participate.
PARTAKE, verb. (intransitive) To take a share or portion (of).
PARTAKE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To have something of the properties, character, or office (of).

Dictionary definition

PARTAKE, verb. Have some of the qualities or attributes of something.
PARTAKE, verb. Have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake".
PARTAKE, verb. Consume; "She didn't touch her food all night".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats