[V] (formal)
1 ~ (of sth) (old-fashioned or humorous) to eat or drink sth especially sth that is offered to you:
Would you care to partake of some refreshment?
2 ~ (in sth) (old-fashioned) to take part in an activity:
They preferred not to partake in the social life of the town.
PHRASALVERBS
partake of sth (formal) to have some of a particular quality:
His work partakes of the aesthetic fashions of his time.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for partake is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does partake appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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