Partake
(Par*take") v. t.
1. To partake of; to have a part or share in; to share.
Let every one partake the general joy.
Driden. 2. To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to. [Obs.] Spencer.
3. To distribute; to communicate. [Obs.] Shak.
Partaker
(Par*tak"er) n.
1. One who partakes; a sharer; a participator.
Partakers of their spiritual things.
Rom. xv. 27.
Wish me partaker in my happiness.
Shark. 2. An accomplice; an associate; a partner. [Obs.]
Partakers wish them in the blood of the prophets.
Matt. xxiii. 30. Partan
(Par"tan) n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. partan.] (Zoöl.) An edible British crab. [Prov. Eng.]
Parted
(Part"ed) a.
1. Separated; devided.
2. Endowed with parts or abilities. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. (Bot.) Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; —
said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three- parted, five-parted, etc. Gray.
