Partakes
[pɑ:'teɪks]
Examples
- Even dear Mr. Godfrey partakes of the fallen nature which we all inherit from Adam--it is a very small share of our human legacy, but, alas! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This intermediate or contingent matter is and is not at the same time, and partakes both of existence and of non-existence. Plato. The Republic.
- But for an active being, a being who partakes of the consequences instead of standing aloof from them, there is at the same time a personal response. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I suppose he wants to make out that Melnos is a barbaric place, and that this cruise partakes of the nature of a journey into Darkest Africa. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then the art of war partakes of them? Plato. The Republic.
- All imitative art is subject to certain limitations, and therefore necessarily partakes of the nature of a compromise. Plato. The Republic.
Inputed by Jane