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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  • Memory maintenance consumes computing resources, and excessive information can overwhelm future sessions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • In this conception of macroeconomics, the economy consists of a massive input-output table where every cell in the matrix is a sector that consumes other cells’ outputs and provides inputs to other producers.
    — Oliver Melton, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of consumes
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  • Humans can safely eat them too — be careful and only with the guidance of an experienced forager who eats the first one.
    — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Since one adult doe eats 6 to 10 pounds of forage per day, managing the overall deer population becomes more crucial as winter approaches.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of eats
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