partake
verb (used without object)
to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed byin ).
had partaken
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past perfectof partake.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In fact, of the 1,350 individuals concerned about their exposures from the wildfires who had partaken in the county’s lead blood testing program as of May 31, only seven had levels greater than 3.5 mcg/dL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025
It had partaken of the irony and inevitability of dramatic tragedy, compounded by the twenty-plus years that Walt had then devoted to listening to Fran, leavened only by the tenderness of his solicitude toward her.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
Her Majesty and the rest of the royal family had partaken of an unusually frugal meal.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had partaken of the arts—road companies of plays and even operas, with their magic and promise of an aromatic world outside.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Besides his acquaintance with Governor Wentworth at Portsmouth, he had also on visits with his wife to Boston, been introduced to Governor Gage and several of the British officers, and had partaken of their hospitalities.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
