Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to partake
Participle: partaken
Gerund: partaking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | partake |
| you | partake |
| he;she;it | partakes |
| we | partake |
| you | partake |
| they | partake |
Perfect
| I | have partaken |
| you | have partaken |
| he;she;it | has partaken |
| we | have partaken |
| you | have partaken |
| they | have partaken |
Past
| I | partook |
| you | partook |
| he;she;it | partook |
| we | partook |
| you | partook |
| they | partook |
Pluperfect
| I | had partaken |
| you | had partaken |
| he;she;it | had partaken |
| we | had partaken |
| you | had partaken |
| they | had partaken |
Future
| I | will partake |
| you | will partake |
| he;she;it | will partake |
| we | will partake |
| you | will partake |
| they | will partake |
Future Perfect
| I | will have partaken |
| you | will have partaken |
| he;she;it | will have partaken |
| we | will have partaken |
| you | will have partaken |
| they | will have partaken |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | partake |
| you | partake |
| he;she;it | partake |
| we | partake |
| you | partake |
| they | partake |
Perfect
| I | have partaken |
| you | have partaken |
| he;she;it | have partaken |
| we | have partaken |
| you | have partaken |
| they | have partaken |
Imperfect
| I | partook |
| you | partook |
| he;she;it | partook |
| we | partook |
| you | partook |
| they | partook |
Pluperfect
| I | had partaken |
| you | had partaken |
| he;she;it | had partaken |
| we | had partaken |
| you | had partaken |
| they | had partaken |
Conditional
Present
| I | would partake |
| you | would partake |
| he;she;it | would partake |
| we | would partake |
| you | would partake |
| they | would partake |
Perfect
| I | would have partaken |
| you | would have partaken |
| he;she;it | would have partaken |
| we | would have partaken |
| you | would have partaken |
| they | would have partaken |
Imperative
| you | partake |
| we | Let's partake |
| you | partake |
Verbs conjugated like 'partake'
betake,
caretake,
forsake,
mistake,
overtake,
partake,
retake,
shake,
take,
undertake,
Verbs similar to 'partake'
parbake,
atake,
caretake,
pancake,
parade,
partay,
portage,
aptate,
arace,
arage,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from Middle English part-takinge, part-takynge (“a sharing; partaking”), a calque of Latin particeps (“participating”); equivalent to part + take. Compare take part. In the sense of taking a share or portion of something, displaced native Old English onbītan (“to taste of, to partake of”).
Sample Sentences
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Brutes partake in this faculty. [1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:]
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Will you partake of some food?
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The steak and chips partaken of for lunch seemed now to belong to another decade. He regretfully recognized the fact that he would not make a success of a hunger strike. [1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 17”, in The Secret Adversary:]
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c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
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the Attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster , who partakes of both qualities, partly of a judge in the court, and partly of an attorney-general
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The people are encouraged to perceive their liberation in historic terms and to trust that new events will partake of past glories. [2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1107:]