partake

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: pär-tāk', IPA ^(key): /pɑrˈteɪk/
• (UK) enPR: pär-tāk', IPA ^(key): /pɑːˈteɪk/

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• Hyphenation: par‧take

Verb

Plain form partake

Third-person singular partakes

Past tense partook

Past participle partaken

Present participle partaking

1. (transitive) (formal) If you partake in something, you participate in it.

   Brutes partake in this faculty.

2. (transitive) If you partake something, you take a share or portion it.

   Will you partake of some food?