partake
Verb
Verb Forms: partook, partaken, partaking, partakes
- To participate in an activity or to eat/drink something.
- have some of the qualities or attributes of something
- have, give, or receive a share of
- consume
- To take part in an activity; to participate.
- To take a share or portion.
- To have something of the properties, character, or office.
Examples
- Players eagerly PARTAKE in the Scrabble tournament, hoping for victory.
- Will you partake of some food?
Origin / 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”).
Scrabble Score: 13
partake: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpartake: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
partake: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
partake: valid Words With Friends Word