par·take (pär-t?k?)v. par·took (-to?ok?), par·tak·en (-t??k?n), par·tak·ing, par·takes v.intr.1. To take or have a part or share; participate: partake in the celebration.2. To take or be given part or portion: The guests partook of a delicious dinner.3. To share some of the properties of something else: “Each tale partakes of its creator’s poetic imagination” (Charles Scribner III).v.tr. Archaic To take or have a part in; share in.[Back-formation from partaker, one who partakes, from Middle English part-taker (translation of Latin particeps, participant).]par·tak?er n.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.