Definition of Partaking

1. Verb. (present participle of partake) ¹

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Definition of Partaking

1. partake [v] - See also: partake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Partaking

part name
part of speech
part song
part to whole relation
part with
partable
partaga
partage
partages
partake
partake in
partaken
partaker
partakers
partakes
partaking
partan
partans
partay
partays
parted
parted leaf
partenope
parter
parterre
parterres
parters
partes
partes corporis humani

Literary usage of Partaking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion: In which are by Jesse Kersey (1818)
"THE society of Friends believe that the communion of Christ is not an outward partaking of bread and wine, but an union of spirit with God. ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1872)
"... estate is of an amphibious nature, partaking partly of an estate-tail, and partly of an estate for life. The tenant is, in truth, only tenant for life, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... of together at the same meal, sufficient interval being allowed, if the meat has been eaten first, for it to be digested before partaking of milk. ..."

4. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"... certain specific measures partaking of such a character were boldly asserted to have been brought before the Convention, and urged upon the members for ..."

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