partake

Etymology

Back-formation from Middle English part-takinge, part-takynge (“a sharing; partaking”), a calque of Latin particeps (“participating”); equivalent to part + take. Compare take part.

verb

1. (intransitive, formal) To take part in an activity; to participate.
2. (intransitive) To take a share or portion (of or in).
   Will you partake of some food?
3. (intransitive, archaic) To have something of the properties, character, or office (of).
   c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers the Attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster , who partakes of both qualities, partly of a judge in the court, and partly of an attorney-general
   The people are encouraged to perceive their liberation in historic terms and to trust that new events will partake of past glories. 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1107