partake

/pɑrˈteɪk/

/pɑˈteɪk/

Other forms: partook; partaking; partaken; partakes

When you partake in something, you join in, like when you partake in the three-legged race and bobbing for apples at your town fall festival.

The verb partake is almost always followed by the word in, and used in a somewhat formal context. You partake in whatever activities you participate — or take part — in, like when you partake in a backyard football game or partake in your family's holiday cookie making party. If you get a share of something, you also partake of it, like when you partake of the delicious buffet at your cousin's wedding.

Definitions of partake

1. verb

   consume
   synonyms: touch

   types:

   receive

   partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

   type of:

   consume, have, ingest, take, take in

   serve oneself to, or consume regularly
2. verb

   have, give, or receive a share of
   synonyms: partake in, share

   types:

   cut in

   allow someone to have a share or profit

   type of:

   acquire, get

   come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
3. verb

   have some of the qualities or attributes of something
   type of:

   share

   have in common