[par.take] vb -took ; -tak.en ; -tak.ing [back-formation fr. partaker, alter. of part taker] vi (ca. 1585) 1: to take part in or experience something along with others "~ in the revelry" "~ of the good life"
2: to have a portion (as of food or drink)
3: to possess or share a certain nature or attribute "the experience ~s of a mystical quality" ~ vt: to take part in syn see share -- par.tak.er n