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  • imp. of partake.

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  • verb Simple past of partake.

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Examples

  • It seemed to her that her sin partook of sacrilege or blasphemy.

    Chapter 4 2010

  • It seemed to her that her sin partook of sacrilege or blasphemy.

    Chapter 4 1905

  • The jargon partook of every accent and intonation the empire boasts of; and from the sharp precision of the North Tweeder to the broad doric of Kerry, every portion, almost every county, of Great Britain had its representative.

    Charles O'Malley — Volume 1 Charles James Lever 1839

  • A clergymam, whose name partook both of the original and its corruption, was vicar of

    Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 Various

  • Herbert's expression partook of a furious astonishment.

    Gentle Julia Booth Tarkington 1907

  • Then after we 'partook' the wine, I have to say that Cricket had me about fall out of my chair with laughter when she looked up at me and said, "And the wine doesn't taste too bad either!"

    Chattablogs 2008

  • Do you mean by that, you 'partook' of the brandy which other sailors were drinking? "

    The Bushman — Life in a New Country Edward Wilson Landor 1844

  • From then on subscribed to the Marvel Star Wars comic, in which our heroes partook in lots of adventures which then made no sense when Empire came out!

    MIND MELD: What Book Introduced You to Science Fiction? 2009

  • I think this was a very well constructed story, the proof of which being the fact that I enjoyed it despite the fact that the main plot partook of the sort of relationship drama which, while I can appreciate as a creative work, I rarely find myself entertained by.

    Review: Philippine Speculative Fiction IV (2 of 4) « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009

  • One thing that Bertie detested was rice and curry, so it happened that he alone partook of an inviting omelet.

    THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS 2010

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