partakev.

Brit.

/pɑːˈteɪk/, U.S.

/pɑrˈteɪk/

Inflections: Past tense partook; past participle partaken;

Forms: 1500s–1600s pertake, 1500s– partake; Scottish pre-1700 partack, pre-1700 parttak, pre-1700 pertack, pre-1700 1700s– partake, 1800s– pairt-tak. Past tense 1500s–1600s partaked, 1600s pertaked, 1600s pertooke, 1600s– partook. Past participle 1500s–1600s partaked, 1500s– partaken, 1600s pertaken, 1600s pertook, 1600s–1800s partook, 1800s pairt-ta'en (Scottish).

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by back-formation. Etymons: partaking n., partaker n.

Etymology: Apparently originally a back-formation < partaking n. or partaker n., with past participle and past tense subsequently remodelled after take v. With branch I. compare earlier to take (a) part with at part n.¹ Phrases 3c(a), and with branch II. compare earlier to take part at part n.¹ Phrases 3a.

†I. Senses relating to a party, side, etc.

a. intransitive. To take sides; to take part against or with a person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > side with [verb (transitive)]

to take (a) part witha1470

to hold sides1490

to take the part ofc1500

partake1546

follow1548

side1585

party1587

part1669

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > take someone's side or side with

favoura1375

to stand with ——1384

takec1400

to take (a) part witha1470

to hold sides1490

to take the part ofc1500

to stick with ——1523

partake1546

follow1548

to join issue1551

to make with ——1559

favourize1585

side1585

party1587

to take in1597

part1669

to fall in1709

to take for ——1770

to take up for1824

range1874

1546 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 140 Than..the saidis lordis..sall concure and parttak contrar the falȝear.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxlix. sig. I3^v When I against my selfe with thee pertake.

1651–2 Preserv. Honours Scotl. in Ld. Wariston Diary (1896) 117 Its hoped..that no person of honour uill pertack uith him.

b. transitive. Scottish. To side with or support (a person, side). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)]

shoveOE

to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1154

favour1362

abetc1380

sustainc1390

supportc1405

courage1470

comfort1481

friend1550

through-bear1554

countenance1568

foster1569

favourize1585

seconda1586

sidea1601

rally1624

feed1626

countenance1654

encourage1668

inserve1683

to go strong on1822

partake1861

sponsor1884

to hold a brief for1888

root1889

rah-rah1940

affirm1970

babysit1973

barrack-

1861 J. Davidson Poems 58 For then does he mind that nae mither nor daddy Has he to pairt-tak him—a puir Orphan Laddie!

1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk ii. 13 She maybe wudna like to be pairt-ta'en by naebody against her ain man.

1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk iii. 18 I'm seer I'm nae pairt-takin' them, man.

II. Senses relating to juncture, sharing, etc.

a. intransitive. To take a share in an action or condition; to have a portion or lot in common with others; to participate. Usually with in, of, †with (the thing shared) and with (the person or persons sharing). Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (intransitive)]

scot?c1225

deal1297

partc1300

to take partc1384

departc1440

skair1462

impart1471

participate1531

communicate1541

to part stakes (also shares)1553

boot1554

partake1561

intercommune1601

copart1637

to go sharers1644

to run shares1644

intervene1646

go1653

to go a share1655

to share and share alike (formerly also like)1656

to go shares1658

to go share and share alikea1661

to go snips (or snip)1671

to go snacks (or snack)1693

to club one's shares1814

to cut in1890

1561 T. Blundeville Three Morall Treat. iii. sig. Aiii^v As the grief of one frende dothe decreace His other frendes, when they therof partake.

c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 69 Howe then should the people partake with them in the sacrifices?

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xxix. 352 As for Cleopatra,..as she partaked of the sin so she did of the punishment.

1640 W. Habington Hist. Edward IV 105 The King having even after death partaked with the troubles and disgraces of his life.

1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 354 The King my Master has sent me..to congratulate in His stead and pertake of Your Majesties present felicity.

1708 G. Stanhope Paraphr. (1709) IV. 244 This Care you have partook of.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 308 Bred in a luxurious court, without partaking in its effeminacy.

1838 J. G. Whittier Quaker of Olden Time iii He felt that wrong with wrong partakes, That nothing stands alone.

1882 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VI. Ps. cxix. 74 We do not only meet to share each others' burdens, but to partake in each other's joys.

1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) v. 53 The first necessary condition is that the substances partaking in such a reaction must be capable of ionizing.

1974 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 June 16/3 Wives and daughters of the traders joined in, and Warre partook of a Canadian ronde.

1991 Oxf. Jrnl. Legal Stud. 11 319 Many youngsters..enjoyed camaradery, and a sense of proud membership in their nation, partaking of its culture and traditions.

2000 Martial Arts Illustr. Feb. 106/3 To bring the seminar to a close, Mauricio explained that the group would partake in ‘guard passage sparring’.

b. transitive. To take a share in; to share (something); to participate in. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (transitive)]

dealOE

partc1330

skair1462

parten1508

usurpa1513

communicatea1530

participate1531

partake1563

impart1581

reciprocate1611

copart1613

share1613

to take share of (something)1678

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors f. 19 The northe that never was warmed with the heat of the sunne, being cold and drye, partaketh the conditions of the earth.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. C3 I lent you sighes to partake your sorrowes.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vii. 96 The propertie of the generall is equally partaked by the special.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades v. 86 I neuer will partake his works, nor counsails, as before.

1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 460 in Wks. (1898) I. 218 They surelie should..the Scripturs' bonds partake.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 411 Partake and use my Kingdom as your own; All shall be yours, while I command the Crown.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. ii. 25 The young Woman might, if she pleased, partake his Wife's Bed.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋3 I had never..partaken one triumph over a conquered fox.

1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xiii. 133 The old man Partook that feeling.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 223 Adventurers who were willing to partake his fortunes.

1905 A. E. Housman Ivvenalis Satvrae Pref. p. xii It partakes the solidity of its indestructible foundations, the sloth and vanity of man.

1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 88 Partaking the strain of the heavenward pride That soars me away from the earth I deride.

c. intransitive. To possess the same nature; to have qualities or characteristics in common. With of, †with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > share the nature of

participate1531

to have (something) in common1538

partakec1585

c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 64 They did partake with such watchemen.

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 104 So truce partaketh more of warre then of peace.

1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 248 Extreams are Knit and United by Participles that partake of Both.

1727 M. Davys Accomplish'd Rake 51 Every Thing, Madam, partakes of its Origin; and the sordid Fool is better pleased with the Trifle his Wife, than with the shining Jewel you put into his Undeserving Hands.

1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iv. 260 It [sc. the gnu] partakes of the horse, the ox, the stag, and the antelope: the shoulders, body, thighs, and mane, are equine; the head completely bovine.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 183 In one respect, their religion partakes of the pacific doctrines of the Quakers.

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. vi. 52 He had a great deal of admiration for one who partook so much of his father's nature.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 971/2 His style partakes of the Venetian and Lombard, as well as the Florentine and Roman.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xiii. 239 The Chinese believed that a human being had two souls. One was the Kwei, that is the soul which partook of the nature of the element Yin.

1989 P. Mailloux Hesitation before Birth iii. 47 Bohemia is where eastern and western Europe meet, partaking of both, part of neither.

d. intransitive. To possess a certain amount of a quality or attribute. Also with †on.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [verb (intransitive)] > possess a certain amount of a quality

partake?a1615

?a1615 F. Bacon Copy Let. Duke of Buckingham in Cabala (1663) 44 The Atturney of the Dutchy of Lancaster..partakes of both qualities, partly of a Judge in that Court, and partly of an Atturney generall.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xvi. 51 For that which doth partake on both: it makes Iust God, a friend to vniust Man, without being vniust, either to himselfe, or Man.

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 34 If it..partaked of its substance and colour.

1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass 259 This stone most commonly partakes of a light Green, like the Serpentine stone.

1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature II. ii. 211 The love of beauty is plac'd in a just medium betwixt them [sc. kindness and bodily appetite], and partakes of both their natures.

1793 J. Beattie Elem. Moral Sci. II. iv. i. 467 When it is said..‘he fell asleep’, instead of—he died, the euphemism partakes of the nature of metaphor.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iii. 62 Scientific knowledge, even in the most modest persons, has mingled with it a something which partakes of insolence.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson Amateur Emigrant (1895) 110 The career of these sea-tramps partakes largely of the adventurous.

1922 W. H. Ukers All about Coffee xxviii. 432 The Publick Adviser was a weekly pamphlet partaking of the nature of a commercial news-letter.

1948 P. Kavanagh Tarry Flynn iii. 56 His farm ran to the Louth border and partook of some of the qualities of a Louth farm—big fields, big horses, big carts.

1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Feb. 16/4 Carver's poetry partakes of this embarrassing unembarrassability.

†e. intransitive. To contain some of, have an admixture of a material substance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > become mixed or blended [verb (intransitive)]

mingOE

meddlec1350

mella1387

blenda1400

commix?1520

admixa1522

mixa1522

mingle1530

wallc1598

co-minglea1616

comminglea1626

congregate1626

intermingle1626

intermella1641

conflux1662

intermix1722

partake1731

to work up1841

interfuse1851

interblend1854

immingle1858

inmix1892

meld1959

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Earth Some by Loam mean that Sort of Earth that equally partakes of Sand and Clay, being a Medium between Sand and Clay, which they call Mother-Earth.

1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 40 Where the Gravel partook of Mud.

1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 43 Sea-water that partook of putrid Water, running from a foul Sewer.

†3.

a. transitive. To give a share in (a thing) to another; to share (esp. information, news, etc.) with another or others; to impart, communicate, make known. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > impart

lendOE

common1340

parta1382

conveyc1386

impart1477

give1481

imprint1526

communicate1534

partake1561

impute1594

participate1598

communea1616

stamp1641

shove?a1650

conne1674

society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > give information about

wisc1000

inform?a1425

partake1561

intelligence1593

report1797

wish1818

tip1883

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > give a share of

partc1330

participate1531

partake1561

share1592

to give (a person) a show of1788

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. S.i^v A liberall man y^t partaketh his gooddes in commune with his friendes.

c1585 T. Cartwright in R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 87 Christ, who..hath partaked vnto them his holy spirite.

1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iv. i. sig. E2 If you would partake with me the cause Of this deuotion.., I would be thankfull for such curtesie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 133 Go together..your exultation Partake to euery one.

1616 B. Jonson Epicœne i. iii, in Wks. I. 536 Come, you are a strange open man, to tell euery thing, thus... Cle.: I pray thee lets goe. I would faine partake this.

b. transitive. To make (a person) a sharer of information, news, etc.; to make acquainted with, inform of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person)

to teach a person a thingc888

meanOE

wiseOE

sayOE

wittera1225

tellc1225

do to witc1275

let witc1275

let seec1330

inform1384

form1399

lerea1400

to wit (a person) to saya1400

learn1425

advertise1431

givec1449

insense?c1450

instruct1489

ascertain1490

let1490

alighta1500

advert1511

signify1523

reform1535

advise1562

partake1565

resolve1568

to do to ware1594

to let into one's knowledge1596

intellect1599

possess1600

acquainta1616

alighten1615

recommenda1616

intelligence1637

apprise1694

appraise1706

introduce1741

avail1785

prime1791

document1807

to put up1811

to put a person au fait of1828

post1847

to keep (someone) straight1862

monish1866

to put next to1896

to put (one) wise (to)1896

voice1898

in the picture1900

to give (someone) a line on1903

to wise up1905

drum1908

hip1932

to fill (someone) in on1945

clue1948

background1961

to mark a person's card1961

to loop in1994

1565 MS Cotton Cal. B. ix. lf. 218 Your lordship, I am sure, is partaken of such letters as I write to Mr. Secretary.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P8 My friend, hight Philemon, I did partake, Of all my loue and all my priuitie.

c. transitive. To share in (information, news, etc.); to be informed of, be made acquainted with. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > be informed of

hearc950

witc1000

haveOE

learnc1175

undergoc1290

takea1333

receivec1400

aherec1450

partakea1593

get1608

intelligence1637

to get wind of1809

to take away1839

a1593 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta (1633) v. 296 And, Gouernour, now partake my policy.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 89 And please your worship Brokenbury, You may pertake of any thing we say: We speake no treason man.

1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. D But has the king pertooke your embassy.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. A2^v May we without offence pertake the ground of it.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 304 By and by thy bosome shall partake The secrets of my Heart. All my engagements, I will construe to thee.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 598 Let her with thee partake what thou hast heard.

4. intransitive. To receive, get, or have a part or portion; to have the use or benefit of, enjoy. Frequently without any notion of sharing with others.

ΚΠ

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 213 A Wolfe..had scarse begonne to teare [his prey], but a companie of other wolues, rauens, and crowes came thither & prayed him to receyue them as hys friends to partake of his praie.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 122 There is no cittie that doth more absolutely inioy her owne commodities, and doth more freely pertake of others.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 14 The streets do almost all the night long partake of their musicke.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Parasite, a flatterer,..one that is still hanging on some rich man..to the end to pertake of his good cheer.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 120. ¶14 When she has laid her Eggs..what Care does she take in turning them frequently, that all Parts may partake of the vital Warmth?

1795 Gentleman's Mag. 65 543/1 Nonjuring clergymen and their families partook very largely of his benevolence.

1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë I. viii. 155 There was always a genial and thoughtful friend watching over her, and urging her to partake of any little piece of innocent recreation that might come in her way.

1905 W. Satchell Toll of Bush xxx. 343 At least the recipients of the hangi should partake of his hospitality.

1992 Today (BNC) Dec. Belushi..meets Ms Bracco for frenzied sex at dead of tropical night... Belushi's married partner Steve Frayn..also partakes of Ms Bracco.

a. transitive. To share (a meal); to take (food or drink) in company with others. Also, more loosely: to take (food or drink); to eat, drink. Now archaic and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)]

brookc950

abiteOE

haveOE

afangOE

takec1175

notea1200

usec1300

spendc1380

consumec1400

partake1602

pree1680

discuss1751

tuck1784

to put down1795

to be (also go) at the ——1796

go1830

kill1833

to put away1839

down1852

to put over1880

to wrap (oneself) (a)round1880

shift1896

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > eat in specific conditions [verb (transitive)] > share meal

partake1602

1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. v. sig. H^v Mercury, goe forward; and proclaime after Phœbus, our high pleasure, to all the Deities that shall partake this high Banquet.

1617 W. Mure Misc. Poems xxi. 114 Thou may partack such as this soyle affords.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 3 No more of talk where God or Angel Guest With Man,..and with him partake Rural repast.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 298 Alternate all partake the grateful springs.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 29 They..reclined Beside him, and his frugal fare partook.

1837 G. Ticknor in Life, Lett. & Jrnls. (1876) II. iv. 71 When the cardinal had partaken the sacrament he administered it to her.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 395 Her lover consoled her and brought her a bright casket of gold in which lay some oval sugarplums which she partook.

1967 T. Wilder Eighth Day i. 51 The exquisite viands were to be partaken.

b. intransitive. With of. To take something to eat or drink.

ΚΠ

1638 R. Brathwait Surv. Hist. 379 These [people] come for company, amongst the more knowing and deserving Guests, to partake of this Banket.

1729 C. Coffey Beggar's Wedding iii. iv. 63 'Tis now time to partake of our Banquet, Grigg, see that every Thing be ready.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. iii. 24 Partridge invited him to stay, and partake of his Wine.

1751 Mem. Lady of Quality in T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxviii. 198 Far from having any stomach to partake of his meal, I sat solitary upon my bed, in a state of melancholy expectation.

1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvi. 88 She was asked into another room, while the table was cleared, and then was invited to partake of the desert.

1805 E. Clark Banks of Douro III. 41 Her solitary meals she partook of in the apartment next the eating room.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 24 Your papa invited Mr. Rokesmith to partake of our lowly fare.

1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. viii. 211 Three or four devoted girl friends..had partaken with her, in a small, abandoned room upstairs, of tea and cold chicken-legs.

1951 E. Bowen Shelbourne iii. 59 Vast meals were spread and partaken of; the travellers stretched their legs by a stroll around the estate, comparing notes.

1983 V. Tanzer Call it Delmarvalous iii. xii. 157 The milling throngs partake of barbecued ox sandwiches.

2000 Amer. Scholar Autumn 86 It is moot whether Socrates and Plato themselves partook of meat at the banquet they attended.

c. intransitive. To consume food, drink, or a meal; to take something to eat or drink.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (intransitive)]

partake1844

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > eat in specific conditions [verb (intransitive)] > eat in company

dieta1587

common1598

to keep (also enter, come into, etc.) commons1598

mess1701

partake1844

1844 D. B. Reid Illustr. Theory & Pract. Ventilation ii. vii. 181 Nor was any of the members aware..that they had partaken more heartily than usual.

1870 J. P. Smith Widow Goldsmith's Daughter ix. 144 Chris could not touch anything, but the widow partook with the particular relish which a well-spent morning gave her.

1896 H. G. Wells Wheels of Chance xxx. 215 Mrs. Milton poured two cups, and Phipps and Dangle partook in passover form.

1903 M. B. Betham-Edwards Humble Lover i. 6 He felt conscious of having stayed a little longer than usual in the hope..of being invited to partake.

1974 J. McClure Gooseberry Fool v. 80 He hardly ever drank... He didn't often partake, but then it was also bloody hot.

1993 A. Higgins Lions of Grunewald xxxii. 203 Unfortunately we have already, ah, partaken, but do please join us for a drink.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	partake
释义	partakev. Brit. /pɑːˈteɪk/, U.S. /pɑrˈteɪk/ Inflections: Past tense partook; past participle partaken; Forms: 1500s–1600s pertake, 1500s– partake; Scottish pre-1700 partack, pre-1700 parttak, pre-1700 pertack, pre-1700 1700s– partake, 1800s– pairt-tak. Past tense 1500s–1600s partaked, 1600s pertaked, 1600s pertooke, 1600s– partook. Past participle 1500s–1600s partaked, 1500s– partaken, 1600s pertaken, 1600s pertook, 1600s–1800s partook, 1800s pairt-ta'en (Scottish). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by back-formation. Etymons: partaking n., partaker n. Etymology: Apparently originally a back-formation < partaking n. or partaker n., with past participle and past tense subsequently remodelled after take v. With branch I. compare earlier to take (a) part with at part n.¹ Phrases 3c(a), and with branch II. compare earlier to take part at part n.¹ Phrases 3a. †I. Senses relating to a party, side, etc. 1. a. intransitive. To take sides; to take part against or with a person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > side with [verb (transitive)] to take (a) part witha1470 to hold sides1490 to take the part ofc1500 partake1546 follow1548 side1585 party1587 part1669 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > take someone's side or side with favoura1375 to stand with ——1384 takec1400 to take (a) part witha1470 to hold sides1490 to take the part ofc1500 to stick with ——1523 partake1546 follow1548 to join issue1551 to make with ——1559 favourize1585 side1585 party1587 to take in1597 part1669 to fall in1709 to take for ——1770 to take up for1824 range1874 1546 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 140 Than..the saidis lordis..sall concure and parttak contrar the falȝear. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxlix. sig. I3^v When I against my selfe with thee pertake. 1651–2 Preserv. Honours Scotl. in Ld. Wariston Diary (1896) 117 Its hoped..that no person of honour uill pertack uith him. b. transitive. Scottish. To side with or support (a person, side). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] shoveOE to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1154 favour1362 abetc1380 sustainc1390 supportc1405 courage1470 comfort1481 friend1550 through-bear1554 countenance1568 foster1569 favourize1585 seconda1586 sidea1601 rally1624 feed1626 countenance1654 encourage1668 inserve1683 to go strong on1822 partake1861 sponsor1884 to hold a brief for1888 root1889 rah-rah1940 affirm1970 babysit1973 barrack- 1861 J. Davidson Poems 58 For then does he mind that nae mither nor daddy Has he to pairt-tak him—a puir Orphan Laddie! 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk ii. 13 She maybe wudna like to be pairt-ta'en by naebody against her ain man. 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk iii. 18 I'm seer I'm nae pairt-takin' them, man. II. Senses relating to juncture, sharing, etc. 2. a. intransitive. To take a share in an action or condition; to have a portion or lot in common with others; to participate. Usually with in, of, †with (the thing shared) and with (the person or persons sharing). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (intransitive)] scot?c1225 deal1297 partc1300 to take partc1384 departc1440 skair1462 impart1471 participate1531 communicate1541 to part stakes (also shares)1553 boot1554 partake1561 intercommune1601 copart1637 to go sharers1644 to run shares1644 intervene1646 go1653 to go a share1655 to share and share alike (formerly also like)1656 to go shares1658 to go share and share alikea1661 to go snips (or snip)1671 to go snacks (or snack)1693 to club one's shares1814 to cut in1890 1561 T. Blundeville Three Morall Treat. iii. sig. Aiii^v As the grief of one frende dothe decreace His other frendes, when they therof partake. c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 69 Howe then should the people partake with them in the sacrifices? 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xxix. 352 As for Cleopatra,..as she partaked of the sin so she did of the punishment. 1640 W. Habington Hist. Edward IV 105 The King having even after death partaked with the troubles and disgraces of his life. 1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 354 The King my Master has sent me..to congratulate in His stead and pertake of Your Majesties present felicity. 1708 G. Stanhope Paraphr. (1709) IV. 244 This Care you have partook of. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 308 Bred in a luxurious court, without partaking in its effeminacy. 1838 J. G. Whittier Quaker of Olden Time iii He felt that wrong with wrong partakes, That nothing stands alone. 1882 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VI. Ps. cxix. 74 We do not only meet to share each others' burdens, but to partake in each other's joys. 1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) v. 53 The first necessary condition is that the substances partaking in such a reaction must be capable of ionizing. 1974 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 June 16/3 Wives and daughters of the traders joined in, and Warre partook of a Canadian ronde. 1991 Oxf. Jrnl. Legal Stud. 11 319 Many youngsters..enjoyed camaradery, and a sense of proud membership in their nation, partaking of its culture and traditions. 2000 Martial Arts Illustr. Feb. 106/3 To bring the seminar to a close, Mauricio explained that the group would partake in ‘guard passage sparring’. b. transitive. To take a share in; to share (something); to participate in. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (transitive)] dealOE partc1330 skair1462 parten1508 usurpa1513 communicatea1530 participate1531 partake1563 impart1581 reciprocate1611 copart1613 share1613 to take share of (something)1678 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors f. 19 The northe that never was warmed with the heat of the sunne, being cold and drye, partaketh the conditions of the earth. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. C3 I lent you sighes to partake your sorrowes. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vii. 96 The propertie of the generall is equally partaked by the special. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades v. 86 I neuer will partake his works, nor counsails, as before. 1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe 460 in Wks. (1898) I. 218 They surelie should..the Scripturs' bonds partake. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 411 Partake and use my Kingdom as your own; All shall be yours, while I command the Crown. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. ii. 25 The young Woman might, if she pleased, partake his Wife's Bed. View more context for this quotation 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋3 I had never..partaken one triumph over a conquered fox. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xiii. 133 The old man Partook that feeling. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 223 Adventurers who were willing to partake his fortunes. 1905 A. E. Housman Ivvenalis Satvrae Pref. p. xii It partakes the solidity of its indestructible foundations, the sloth and vanity of man. 1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 88 Partaking the strain of the heavenward pride That soars me away from the earth I deride. c. intransitive. To possess the same nature; to have qualities or characteristics in common. With of, †with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > share the nature of participate1531 to have (something) in common1538 partakec1585 c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 64 They did partake with such watchemen. 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 104 So truce partaketh more of warre then of peace. 1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 248 Extreams are Knit and United by Participles that partake of Both. 1727 M. Davys Accomplish'd Rake 51 Every Thing, Madam, partakes of its Origin; and the sordid Fool is better pleased with the Trifle his Wife, than with the shining Jewel you put into his Undeserving Hands. 1801 J. Barrow Acct. Trav. Interior S. Afr. 1797–8 I. iv. 260 It [sc. the gnu] partakes of the horse, the ox, the stag, and the antelope: the shoulders, body, thighs, and mane, are equine; the head completely bovine. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 183 In one respect, their religion partakes of the pacific doctrines of the Quakers. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. vi. 52 He had a great deal of admiration for one who partook so much of his father's nature. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 971/2 His style partakes of the Venetian and Lombard, as well as the Florentine and Roman. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xiii. 239 The Chinese believed that a human being had two souls. One was the Kwei, that is the soul which partook of the nature of the element Yin. 1989 P. Mailloux Hesitation before Birth iii. 47 Bohemia is where eastern and western Europe meet, partaking of both, part of neither. d. intransitive. To possess a certain amount of a quality or attribute. Also with †on. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [verb (intransitive)] > possess a certain amount of a quality partake?a1615 ?a1615 F. Bacon Copy Let. Duke of Buckingham in Cabala (1663) 44 The Atturney of the Dutchy of Lancaster..partakes of both qualities, partly of a Judge in that Court, and partly of an Atturney generall. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xvi. 51 For that which doth partake on both: it makes Iust God, a friend to vniust Man, without being vniust, either to himselfe, or Man. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 34 If it..partaked of its substance and colour. 1662 C. Merrett tr. A. Neri Art of Glass 259 This stone most commonly partakes of a light Green, like the Serpentine stone. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature II. ii. 211 The love of beauty is plac'd in a just medium betwixt them [sc. kindness and bodily appetite], and partakes of both their natures. 1793 J. Beattie Elem. Moral Sci. II. iv. i. 467 When it is said..‘he fell asleep’, instead of—he died, the euphemism partakes of the nature of metaphor. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iii. 62 Scientific knowledge, even in the most modest persons, has mingled with it a something which partakes of insolence. a1894 R. L. Stevenson Amateur Emigrant (1895) 110 The career of these sea-tramps partakes largely of the adventurous. 1922 W. H. Ukers All about Coffee xxviii. 432 The Publick Adviser was a weekly pamphlet partaking of the nature of a commercial news-letter. 1948 P. Kavanagh Tarry Flynn iii. 56 His farm ran to the Louth border and partook of some of the qualities of a Louth farm—big fields, big horses, big carts. 1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Feb. 16/4 Carver's poetry partakes of this embarrassing unembarrassability. †e. intransitive. To contain some of, have an admixture of a material substance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > become mixed or blended [verb (intransitive)] mingOE meddlec1350 mella1387 blenda1400 commix?1520 admixa1522 mixa1522 mingle1530 wallc1598 co-minglea1616 comminglea1626 congregate1626 intermingle1626 intermella1641 conflux1662 intermix1722 partake1731 to work up1841 interfuse1851 interblend1854 immingle1858 inmix1892 meld1959 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Earth Some by Loam mean that Sort of Earth that equally partakes of Sand and Clay, being a Medium between Sand and Clay, which they call Mother-Earth. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 40 Where the Gravel partook of Mud. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 43 Sea-water that partook of putrid Water, running from a foul Sewer. †3. a. transitive. To give a share in (a thing) to another; to share (esp. information, news, etc.) with another or others; to impart, communicate, make known. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > impart lendOE common1340 parta1382 conveyc1386 impart1477 give1481 imprint1526 communicate1534 partake1561 impute1594 participate1598 communea1616 stamp1641 shove?a1650 conne1674 society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > give information about wisc1000 inform?a1425 partake1561 intelligence1593 report1797 wish1818 tip1883 the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > give a share of partc1330 participate1531 partake1561 share1592 to give (a person) a show of1788 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. S.i^v A liberall man y^t partaketh his gooddes in commune with his friendes. c1585 T. Cartwright in R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 87 Christ, who..hath partaked vnto them his holy spirite. 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iv. i. sig. E2 If you would partake with me the cause Of this deuotion.., I would be thankfull for such curtesie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 133 Go together..your exultation Partake to euery one. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne i. iii, in Wks. I. 536 Come, you are a strange open man, to tell euery thing, thus... Cle.: I pray thee lets goe. I would faine partake this. View more context for this quotation b. transitive. To make (a person) a sharer of information, news, etc.; to make acquainted with, inform of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) to teach a person a thingc888 meanOE wiseOE sayOE wittera1225 tellc1225 do to witc1275 let witc1275 let seec1330 inform1384 form1399 lerea1400 to wit (a person) to saya1400 learn1425 advertise1431 givec1449 insense?c1450 instruct1489 ascertain1490 let1490 alighta1500 advert1511 signify1523 reform1535 advise1562 partake1565 resolve1568 to do to ware1594 to let into one's knowledge1596 intellect1599 possess1600 acquainta1616 alighten1615 recommenda1616 intelligence1637 apprise1694 appraise1706 introduce1741 avail1785 prime1791 document1807 to put up1811 to put a person au fait of1828 post1847 to keep (someone) straight1862 monish1866 to put next to1896 to put (one) wise (to)1896 voice1898 in the picture1900 to give (someone) a line on1903 to wise up1905 drum1908 hip1932 to fill (someone) in on1945 clue1948 background1961 to mark a person's card1961 to loop in1994 1565 MS Cotton Cal. B. ix. lf. 218 Your lordship, I am sure, is partaken of such letters as I write to Mr. Secretary. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P8 My friend, hight Philemon, I did partake, Of all my loue and all my priuitie. c. transitive. To share in (information, news, etc.); to be informed of, be made acquainted with. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > be informed of hearc950 witc1000 haveOE learnc1175 undergoc1290 takea1333 receivec1400 aherec1450 partakea1593 get1608 intelligence1637 to get wind of1809 to take away1839 a1593 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta (1633) v. 296 And, Gouernour, now partake my policy. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 89 And please your worship Brokenbury, You may pertake of any thing we say: We speake no treason man. 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. D But has the king pertooke your embassy. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. A2^v May we without offence pertake the ground of it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 304 By and by thy bosome shall partake The secrets of my Heart. All my engagements, I will construe to thee. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 598 Let her with thee partake what thou hast heard. View more context for this quotation 4. intransitive. To receive, get, or have a part or portion; to have the use or benefit of, enjoy. Frequently without any notion of sharing with others. ΚΠ 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 213 A Wolfe..had scarse begonne to teare [his prey], but a companie of other wolues, rauens, and crowes came thither & prayed him to receyue them as hys friends to partake of his praie. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 122 There is no cittie that doth more absolutely inioy her owne commodities, and doth more freely pertake of others. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 14 The streets do almost all the night long partake of their musicke. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Parasite, a flatterer,..one that is still hanging on some rich man..to the end to pertake of his good cheer. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 120. ¶14 When she has laid her Eggs..what Care does she take in turning them frequently, that all Parts may partake of the vital Warmth? 1795 Gentleman's Mag. 65 543/1 Nonjuring clergymen and their families partook very largely of his benevolence. 1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë I. viii. 155 There was always a genial and thoughtful friend watching over her, and urging her to partake of any little piece of innocent recreation that might come in her way. 1905 W. Satchell Toll of Bush xxx. 343 At least the recipients of the hangi should partake of his hospitality. 1992 Today (BNC) Dec. Belushi..meets Ms Bracco for frenzied sex at dead of tropical night... Belushi's married partner Steve Frayn..also partakes of Ms Bracco. 5. a. transitive. To share (a meal); to take (food or drink) in company with others. Also, more loosely: to take (food or drink); to eat, drink. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] brookc950 abiteOE haveOE afangOE takec1175 notea1200 usec1300 spendc1380 consumec1400 partake1602 pree1680 discuss1751 tuck1784 to put down1795 to be (also go) at the ——1796 go1830 kill1833 to put away1839 down1852 to put over1880 to wrap (oneself) (a)round1880 shift1896 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > eat in specific conditions [verb (transitive)] > share meal partake1602 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. v. sig. H^v Mercury, goe forward; and proclaime after Phœbus, our high pleasure, to all the Deities that shall partake this high Banquet. View more context for this quotation 1617 W. Mure Misc. Poems xxi. 114 Thou may partack such as this soyle affords. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 3 No more of talk where God or Angel Guest With Man,..and with him partake Rural repast. View more context for this quotation 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 298 Alternate all partake the grateful springs. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 29 They..reclined Beside him, and his frugal fare partook. 1837 G. Ticknor in Life, Lett. & Jrnls. (1876) II. iv. 71 When the cardinal had partaken the sacrament he administered it to her. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 395 Her lover consoled her and brought her a bright casket of gold in which lay some oval sugarplums which she partook. 1967 T. Wilder Eighth Day i. 51 The exquisite viands were to be partaken. b. intransitive. With of. To take something to eat or drink. ΚΠ 1638 R. Brathwait Surv. Hist. 379 These [people] come for company, amongst the more knowing and deserving Guests, to partake of this Banket. 1729 C. Coffey Beggar's Wedding iii. iv. 63 'Tis now time to partake of our Banquet, Grigg, see that every Thing be ready. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. iii. 24 Partridge invited him to stay, and partake of his Wine. View more context for this quotation 1751 Mem. Lady of Quality in T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxviii. 198 Far from having any stomach to partake of his meal, I sat solitary upon my bed, in a state of melancholy expectation. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvi. 88 She was asked into another room, while the table was cleared, and then was invited to partake of the desert. 1805 E. Clark Banks of Douro III. 41 Her solitary meals she partook of in the apartment next the eating room. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 24 Your papa invited Mr. Rokesmith to partake of our lowly fare. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. viii. 211 Three or four devoted girl friends..had partaken with her, in a small, abandoned room upstairs, of tea and cold chicken-legs. 1951 E. Bowen Shelbourne iii. 59 Vast meals were spread and partaken of; the travellers stretched their legs by a stroll around the estate, comparing notes. 1983 V. Tanzer Call it Delmarvalous iii. xii. 157 The milling throngs partake of barbecued ox sandwiches. 2000 Amer. Scholar Autumn 86 It is moot whether Socrates and Plato themselves partook of meat at the banquet they attended. c. intransitive. To consume food, drink, or a meal; to take something to eat or drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (intransitive)] partake1844 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > eat in specific conditions [verb (intransitive)] > eat in company dieta1587 common1598 to keep (also enter, come into, etc.) commons1598 mess1701 partake1844 1844 D. B. Reid Illustr. Theory & Pract. Ventilation ii. vii. 181 Nor was any of the members aware..that they had partaken more heartily than usual. 1870 J. P. Smith Widow Goldsmith's Daughter ix. 144 Chris could not touch anything, but the widow partook with the particular relish which a well-spent morning gave her. 1896 H. G. Wells Wheels of Chance xxx. 215 Mrs. Milton poured two cups, and Phipps and Dangle partook in passover form. 1903 M. B. Betham-Edwards Humble Lover i. 6 He felt conscious of having stayed a little longer than usual in the hope..of being invited to partake. 1974 J. McClure Gooseberry Fool v. 80 He hardly ever drank... He didn't often partake, but then it was also bloody hot. 1993 A. Higgins Lions of Grunewald xxxii. 203 Unfortunately we have already, ah, partaken, but do please join us for a drink. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1546
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