partake

Meaning

  1. To take part in an activity; to participate.
  2. To take a share or portion.
  3. To have something of the properties, character, or office.

Frequency

22k
Hyphenated as
par‧take
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɑɹˈteɪk/
Etymology

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.

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