Partaking
[pɑ:'teɪkɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Partake
Typed by Jeanette
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Participation.
Editor: Sidney
Examples
- And he added: So far as the central essence of this feeling goes, no healthy minded person, it seems to me, can help to some degree partaking of it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And yet, my friend, sensible and judicious as you are, but partaking of the general infatuation, you seemed to believe it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- My dear child,' said her father, 'the idea of your partaking of such lowly fare! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Partaking of the essence of each, it will one day be better than either--stronger, much purer, more aspiring. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Conceive mind as anything but one factor partaking along with others in the production of consequences, and it becomes meaningless. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Still it is perfectly natural to desire that our friends and those we respect should sanction our affections by partaking of our admiration. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There was an expression on his countenance in doing so--not of dismay or apprehension, but partaking more of the sweet and gentle character of hope. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Partiality is, as we have seen, an accompaniment of the existence of interest, since this means sharing, partaking, taking sides in some movement. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Sidney