partakes (of)

verb

present tense third-person singular of partake (of)
as in consumes
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. consumes
  2. eats
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  • The company said the design consumes approximately 30 percent less fuel than comparable conventional aircraft.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Not every abnormal reading is an emergency, yet every alert consumes clinical attention.
    — Ayush Jain, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of consumes
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  • Measuring how much a baby eats typically requires weighing them directly before and after a feeding, and that’s an imprecise and cumbersome process.
    — Monique Brouillette, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In the opening scene, an old man eats a pear, smiles, and expires under a fruit tree; a beautiful death.
    — Sophie Pinkham, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of eats
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“Partakes (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partakes%20%28of%29. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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