Definition of: partake

(pär·tāk′) v. ·took, ·tak·en, ·tak·ing v.i.
1. To take part or have a share; participate: with in.
2. To receive or take a portion or share: with of.
3. To have something of the quality or character; bear a trace; with of: replies partaking of insolence.
—v.t.
4. To take or have a part in; share. [Back formation <partaker, var. of part–taker, trans. of L particeps <pars, partis a part + capere take]
—par·tak′er noun