Partook
[pɑː'tʊk]
Definition
(imp.) of Partake
(-) imp. of Partake.
Checker: Ophelia
Examples
- My father directed our studies, and my mother partook of our enjoyments. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- How she watched her as she partook of it! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The other appointments of the mansion partook of the rude simplicity of the Saxon period, which Cedric piqued himself upon maintaining. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Maurice was neither Keats nor Heine, yet partook of the nature of both. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The space interposed between myself and them partook of that expansion, and our marshes were any distance off. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Miss Lavinia and Miss Clarissa partook, in their way, of my joy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He turned round on their coming in, and his countenance shewed that he strongly partook of the emotion which over-powered Marianne. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- During the French war, which began in 1755, their arms partook of the general good fortune of those of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The world had grown old, and all its inmates partook of the decrepitude. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mr. Pumblechook partook of pudding. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- All partook of pudding. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She was now in a moment so conscience-stricken that her very basket partook of the change. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Checker: Ophelia