partake

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /pɑrˈteɪk/ UK /pɑːˈteɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to take part in or share in something

Guests were invited to partake of the feast.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to take part in or share in... participate share engage join consume

Opposites

abstain refrain

Word family

Forms partakers

Derived forms partakerpartaking

Related forms partner participate

Etymology

A back-formation from late Middle English partaker, itself an alteration of part-taker 'one who takes a part', a calque on Latin particeps 'partaking', from pars 'part' + capere 'to take'.

pars Latin tacan Old English

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# partake

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /pɑrˈteɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /pɑːˈteɪk/

## Meanings
1. to take part in or share in something

## Examples
- Guests were invited to partake of the feast.

## Synonyms
- participate
- share
- engage
- join
- consume

## Antonyms
- abstain
- refrain

## Derived Forms
- partaker
- partaking

## Related Forms
- partner
- participate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pars
- Root: tacan

## Etymology
A back-formation from late Middle English partaker, itself an alteration of part-taker 'one who takes a part', a calque on Latin particeps 'partaking', from pars 'part' + capere 'to take'.

## AI Etymology
Partake is a back-formation from late Middle English partaker, itself an alteration of part-taker 'one who takes a part', a calque on Latin particeps 'partaking', from pars 'part' + capere 'to take'. The etymological trail includes Latin pars and Old Norse tacan. As a verb, partake means to take part in or share in something. The same family is visible in derived forms such as partaker and partaking and related forms such as partner and participate. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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