Definition of "partake"

partake

/pɑɹˈteɪk/

verb
third-person singular simple present partakes, present participle partaking, simple past partook, past participle partaken
1. (intransitive, formal) To take part in an activity; to participate.
  Quotations
  Brutes partake in this faculty.
  1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […]
2. (intransitive) To take a share or portion (of or in).
3. (intransitive, archaic) To have something of the properties, character, or office (of).
  Quotations
  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
  c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
  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 and Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1107