partake

partake
intransitive verb, forms as
academic.ru/73191/take">take 2. (formal)

partake of — (eat) zu sich nehmen [Kost, Mahlzeit]

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past tense - partook; verb
(to take part: They all partook in the final decision.) teilhaben
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par·take
[pɑ:ˈteɪk, AM pɑ:rˈ-]
vi
<-took, -taken>
1. (form: in activity)
to \partake in sth an etw dat teilnehmen [o teilhaben
2. (form or hum: food, drink)
to \partake of drink/food etw mittrinken/mitessen
would you care to \partake of a little wine with us? würden Sie uns die Ehre erweisen, ein Gläschen Wein mit uns zu trinken? geh
3. (have)
to \partake of sth etw [an sich akk] haben
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[pAː'teɪk] pret partook, ptp partaken [pAː'teɪkn]
vi (form)
1)

to partake of (food, drink) — zu sich (+dat) nehmen

will you partake of a glass of sherry? — darf ich Ihnen ein Glas Sherry anbieten?

will or do you partake? (form, hum) — darf or kann ich Ihnen etwas anbieten?

2)

(= share in) to partake of an experience — an einer Erfahrung (dat) teilhaben, jds Erfahrung (acc) teilen

3)

to partake of a quality — eine Eigenschaft an sich (dat) haben

to a certain extent he partakes of his father's arrogance — er hat etwas von der Arroganz seines Vaters

4)

to partake in sth (in activity) — an etw (dat) teilnehmen

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partake [pɑː(r)ˈteık; US auch pər-] obs oder hum
A v/i irr
1. teilnehmen, -haben (beide:
in an dat)
2. partake of etwas (an sich) haben (von):
his manner partakes of insolence es ist etwas Unverschämtes in seinem Benehmen
3. partake of mitessen, jemandes Mahlzeit teilen
4. partake of essen, einnehmen, zu sich nehmen
B v/t teilen, teilhaben an (dat)
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intransitive verb, forms as
take 2. (formal)

partake of — (eat) zu sich nehmen [Kost, Mahlzeit]

* * *
(of) v.
etwas an sich haben (von) ausdr.
mitessen v. v.
sich beteiligen (an) v.
teilhaben v.
teilnehmen v.

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