Partake Meaning
/pɑɹˈteɪk/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo take part in an activity; to participate.
verbTo take a share or portion.
Sentence Examples
All the students will partake in the play.
Finally he invited all and sundry to partake of the cake and all.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Since he loved chocolate very much, he decided to ____ gladly without any hesitation.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
All employees were encouraged to ____ in the team-building activities organized by the company.
Word Origin & History
Back-formation from Middle English part-takinge, part-takynge (“a sharing; partaking”), a calque of Latin particeps (“participating”); equivalent to part + take. Compare take part. In the sense of taking a share or portion of something, displaced native Old English onbītan (“to taste of, to partake of”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Brutes partake in this faculty."
— 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
"The steak and chips partaken of for lunch seemed now to belong to another decade. He regretfully recognized the fact that he would not make a success of a hunger strike."
— 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 17”, in The Secret Adversary:
"The people are encouraged to perceive their liberation in historic terms and to trust that new events will partake of past glories."
— 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1107:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Since he loved chocolate very much, he decided to ____ gladly without any hesitation.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
All employees were encouraged to ____ in the team-building activities organized by the company.