partake (of)

verb

pär-ˈtāk How to pronounce partake (of) (audio)
Definition of partake (of)next
as in to consume
to take in as food anyone planning to partake of the vegetarian meal needs to sign up for it beforehand

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  1. consume
  2. eat
Verb
  • This allowed the federal government to more easily zero in on a common culprit that had been consumed, which in turn helped identify the source of an outbreak, such as a specific farm, ranch or distributor.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The company behind the beer Sam Adams told NBC Boston its Boston Taproom ran out of Samuel Adams Boston Lager one weekend because of the Tartan Army, which drank four times as much beer as is consumed on a typical four-day weekend.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 July 2026
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  • After facing a man-eating Cyclops (Bill Irwin) and an island full of armored giants known as the Laestrygonians, the Greeks land on Circe’s island on the hunt for food.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026
  • What’s more thrilling than watching dinosaurs try to eat people alive on the big screen?
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 19 July 2026
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