partake

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Meaning

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.

To have something of the properties, character, or office; -- usually followed by of.

To partake of; to have a part or share in; to share.

To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to.

To distribute; to communicate.

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Let all partake of the feast of faith. Let all receive the riches of goodness. Let no one lament their poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one mourn their transgressions, for pardon has dawned from the grave. Let no one fear death, for the Saviour's death has set us free. John Chrysostom

Let beeves and home-bred kine partake The sweets of Burn-mill meadow The swan on still St. Mary's Lake Float double, swan and shadow. William Wordsworth

When the head aches, all the members partake of the pains. Miguel de Cervantes

In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts which partake of perfection, he, himself can never be perfect. T. E. Hulme

Nature has willed that man should, by himself, produce everything that goes beyond the mechanical ordering of his animal existence, and that he should partake of no other happiness or perfection than that which he himself, independently of instinct, has created by his own reason. Immanuel Kant

Because friendship is pleasant, we partake of our friend's entertainment; not because we have not enough to eat in our own house. Yoruba Proverb

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