01/20/2016 Flashcards
partake
verbformal
join in (an activity).
“visitors can partake in golfing or clay pigeon shooting”
synonyms: participate in, take part in, engage in, join in, enter into, get involved in, share in, contribute to, play a part in, have a hand in, sit in on
“only senior officers are allowed to partake in the negotiations”
be characterized by (a quality).
“the birth of twins became an event that partook of the mythic”
synonyms: have the qualities/attributes of, suggest, evoke, be characterized by, hint at, manifest, evince
“the lyric essay partakes of the poem in its distillation of ideas and musicality of language”
eat or drink (something).
“she had partaken of a cheese sandwich and a cup of coffee”
synonyms: consume, have, eat, drink, take, ingest, devour; More