Crossword clues for partook
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Partake \Par*take"\ (p[aum]r*t[=a]k"), v. i. [imp. Partook (p[aum]r*t[oo^]k"); p. p. Partaken (p[aum]r*t[=a]k"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Partaking.] [Part + take.]
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To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with others. ``Brutes partake in this faculty.''
--Locke.When I against myself with thee partake.
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To have something of the properties, character, or office; -- usually followed by of.
The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general.
--Bacon.
Partook \Par*took"\ (p[aum]r*t[oo^]k"), imp. of Partake.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-simple past of: partake)
WordNet
v. have some of the qualities or attributes of something
have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake" [syn: share, partake in]
consume; "She didn't touch her food all night" [syn: touch]
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Usage examples of "partook".
Here he alighted with his family, and Peter having spread the provisions on the turf, they seated themselves and partook of a repast, which, in other circumstances, would have been thought delicious.
The hangings were of straw-coloured silk, adorned with a variety of landscapes and historical paintings, the subjects of which partook of the voluptuous character of the owner.
Her little domestic duties, her books, her drawing, even the hour which her father dedicated to her improvement, when she met her brother in the library, and with him partook of knowledge, even this hour passed unheeded by.
But there was a tender melancholy in the tone of his voice and his countenance, which arose from the recollection of having often traced those scenes, and partook of the pleasure they inspired, with her who had long since bade them an eternal farewell.
On another most blissful morning, these four gentlemen partook of the amusement of rat-hunting in a barn, than which sport Rawdon as yet had never seen anything more noble.
Whenever he came up from the kitchen-parlour to the drawing-room, and partook of tea or gin-and-water with Mr.
Moss’s tably-dy-hoty was served at the appointed hour of half-past five, when such of the gentlemen lodging in the house as could afford to pay for the banquet, came and partook of it in the splendid front parlour before described, and with which Mr.
It was, that another partook of his punishment — that another partook of his anguish — that another was to die before him.
Many on their return visited the castle of Valperga, and partook its hospitality.