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Definition of Partaking
1. partake [v] - See also: partake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Partaking
Literary usage of Partaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion: In which are by Jesse Kersey (1818)
"THE society of Friends believe that the communion of Christ is not an outward
partaking of bread and wine, but an union of spirit with God. ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1872)
"... estate is of an amphibious nature, partaking partly of an estate-tail, and
partly of an estate for life. The tenant is, in truth, only tenant for life, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... of together at the same meal, sufficient interval being allowed, if the meat
has been eaten first, for it to be digested before partaking of milk. ..."
4. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"... certain specific measures partaking of such a character were boldly asserted
to have been brought before the Convention, and urged upon the members for ..."
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