How To Use Partake In A Sentence

These are based on the observation that expenditure is typically necessary to partake in such recreational activities.
They invited us to partake of their simple meal.
Also, there is the mythological theme of the Monkey King, who has partaken of the Peach of Immortality.
Venison was seldom served without this accompaniment, but furmety, sweetened with sugar, was a favorite dish of itself, the ‘clean broth’ being omitted when a lord was to be the partaker.
For one farthing, given to a poor man in alms, a man is made partaker of the beatifical vision. From the Talmud and Hebraica

I was glad when he left them because I was a vegetarian and didn't wish to partake of any beefy, meaty nonsense.
This psalm blesses us with the promise that our lives have meaning and partake of the majesty of God.
Also, they have never partaken in the demographic bullying which is seeing to it that the streets of Britain are the subject of a creeping - more of a brisk walk actually - colonisation aka multiculturalism. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
In the past, the Malays were tied to their agrarian communities, and the British brought in Chinese and Indians to partake in different spheres of economic activities.
In that same year Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, saw in the dances of the Indians a near and dangerous temptation, for after once being in their Houses, and beholding what their worship was, I durst never be an eye witnesse . . . lest I should have been partaker of Satans inventions and worships, contrary to Ephes. A Renegade History of the United States
Refusing to partake of offered food or drink is considered a grave insult.
One might characterize this as the microcosmically ideal Ballard fantasy, in that it partakes of the surreal — the “Gulliver” being represented as a huge flesh statue based on the work of Praxiteles — as well as of the Freudian: “as if the mutilation of this motionless colossus had released a sudden flood of repressed spite.” The Catastrophist
He had been out, I believe, in 1715 and 1745, was an active partaker in all the stirring scenes which passed in the Highlands betwixt these memorable eras; and, I have heard, was remarkable, among other exploits, for having fought a duel with the broadsword with the celebrated Rob Roy MacGregor at the clachan of Balquidder. Waverley
Any who takes the bread without the wine, or the wine without the bread, "unworthily" communicates, and so "is guilty of Christ's body and blood"; for he disobeys Christ's express command to partake of both. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
See, the neat thing about stories, I think, especially fantasy stories where the archetypal aspect of the characters and the actions partake of the mythic, is that the rules of drama can fuck over any allegory. Thoughts on Narnia
Facts (the objective) are descriptive, where events (the exemplary) partake in a process.
To distinguish semantically between "gourmandise" in its proper application ( "la gourmandise proprement dite") and the common understanding of "gourmandise" as gluttony one must partake in the gourmand's powers of discrimination — unlike the lexicographers, but quintessentially like Savarin, whose prose, in portraying the gourmand's enjoyment of his expertise, takes pleasure it itself. Economies of Excess in Brillat-Savarin, Balzac, and Baudelaire
Worn out after a day of breakout sessions and adventure excursions, which include mountain biking, horseback riding, and sea kayaking, conferees can retire to the spa to partake of a varied menu of massage therapies.
Whereas the negro constitution, being the opposite of all this, is not subject to Phthisis, although it partakes of what is called the scrofulous diathesis. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject
In other respects also, purple partakes of the properties of blue, which is its archeus, or ruling colour; hence it is to the eye a retiring colour, that reflects light little, and loses rapidly in power in a declining light, and according to the distance at which it is viewed. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
That, and about $2.50 will get you a fair cup of coffee in a greasy spoon restaurant, and nothing more, so long as the GOP thinks "gridlocked" is the only kind of congress in which they care to partake. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might partaker thereof with you.
Even dear Mr. Godfrey partakes of the fallen nature which we all inherit from Adam.
As all this occurs, his narrative voice partakes in dizzying peregrinations into alliteration and poetic eloquence as he discusses the failure of language in doing justice to the comic's visuals.
For God has absolute and paramount lordship over the creature wholly and singly, which is entirely subject to His power: whereas man partakes of a certain likeness to the divine lordship, forasmuch as he exercises a particular power over some man or creature. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
Most young people, myself included, do not commit crime or partake in acts of violence.
The historian of the contest terms it "the Waterloo among book-battles," whereto "many a knight came far and wide from his retirement, and many an unfledged combatant left his father's castle to partake of the glory of such a contest. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
My first act, in music strongly characterized, was Tasso; the second in tender harmony, Ovid; and the third, entitled Anacreon, was to partake of the gayety of the dithyrambus. The Confessions of J J Rousseau
Theodore isn't with us to partake in our celebration of his cerebrated gloom but, as he would be the first to tell you, take heart -- as long as there is death, there is hope. Brother Theodore Centenary
The grand antidote is "the full knowledge of our Lord and Saviour," through which we know God the Father, partake of His nature, escape from the pollutions of the world, and have entrance into Christ's kingdom. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
This hath a further end, and truly it is but introductive to a further end; that so a soul may be made partaker of the gift of holiness within, and have that image of The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
This stuff stinks like a goat's armpit drenched in your granny's cologne, and the most you feel is your heart pounding like you had partaken of some honking poppers, accompanied by a pounding headache.
Still others partake in the religious consumption of charas hand-made cannabis hashish and contemplate the cosmic nature and presence of God. Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: The Skulls of Yahel Chirinian
They partake in a silly and harmless activity and then disperse at a given time.
You have the characteristics in which all of the _genus_ partake as common ground, and then you individualise your object by showing in what it differs from the others of the genus. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
It struck me strange that my mother from whose loving hands I had partaken many a sumptuous meal had been immured in the kitchen confines all along.
Before you partake your journey to perform your hajj, there are certain things that you should always remember to do.
For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also -- "they owe it also" to minister unto them in carnal things -- (Compare 1Co 9: 11; Ga 6: 6; and see Lu 7: 4; Ac 10: 2). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And if some of the branches be broken, and thou, being a wild olive, art ingrafted in them, and art made partaker of the root, and of the fatness of the olive tree, boast not against the branches. . . Archive 2009-05-01
Yet why should not the solemn visaged, double-chinned phoca partake of one of the most universal habits of animal life -- the love of frolic? The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 367, April 25, 1829
We want to partake in something of beauty, of glory, to take us out and up. Times, Sunday Times
The research showed 2 per cent of adult Australians regularly partake in sadomasochism and dominance and submission-type sexual role play. Bondage Lovers Normal, Maybe Even Happier | Disinformation
Kalas a rupee to purchase 'gur' (coarse sugar), of which all the females partake, as a sacred offering to the sex. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official
A pot of sorghum beer is placed in the center of the room with numerous reed straws, and participants come forward to partake.
Maybe this is the only way we can convince those baying hordes of people demanding that we partake in society's social whirl, that all we really want is our own companionship for a while.
She remains an orphan girl, and, as such, she partakes of the tradition of the orphan girl in the movies: outcast, woebegone, beset on all sides, but plucky and triumphant in the end.
The partaker stirs it and sips it through a straw or from the glass. Sangrita and sangria
I would apply this ingenious idea to the generation or production of the embryon, or new animal, which partakes so much of the form and propensities of the parent ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS
To what degree did Poussin's interest in the modes, apparently concurrent with his initial interest in healing images, partake of the wide fascination with occult powers?
My dad, the son of a Zeelander, told me of times when he and a few like-minded Young (Dutch) Turks would skate, of a Saturday, out from Sheboygan to Plymouth, by way of the river, there to partake in unnamed revelries and would then skate back in the moonlight. John tagliabue | nieuwerkerk aan den ijssel « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
I was excited to think that I could get all dressed up and wear my new fascinator and see her and partake in the social activities, the champagne drinking, etc.
Sure, passengers are still able to partake in strawberry daiquiris and decadent desserts, but a cruise ship actually provides many ways to stay healthy, on-board massages being one example.
Even if you're not among the official 3,500 guests who will partake of the sumptuous, four-course wedding dinner orchestrated by the Louis XV's three-Michelin star chef Alain Ducasse all the vegetables will be plucked fresh from the prince's private garden the night before, you can still sample Mr. Ducasse's trademark gastro-morphing of southern French and Ligurian peasant food. To Catch a View in Monaco
Community composting is in itself the most rewarding activity that a group can partake in.
In that same year Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, saw in the dances of the Indians a near and dangerous temptation, for after once being in their Houses, and beholding what their worship was, I durst never be an eye witnesse . . . lest I should have been partaker of Satans inventions and worships, contrary to Ephes. A Renegade History of the United States
It partakes in a proportionate measure of the powers, properties, and relations of its archeus: accordingly, the antagonist or harmonizing contrast of olive is Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
Besides all which, we are in the habit of considering ourselves at the present season more than ever entitled to partake of the recreations offered us, whether theatrical, musical, pictorial, saltatorial, philosophical, or scientific. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 422 Volume 17, New Series, January 31, 1852
Your reputation may be at stake if you partake in gossip.
When my mum came home and realized that I had partaken in some of her hard earned income to purchase said album, she threatened to make me take it back to the store. Michael Jackson's meeting with the Gipper
As your breathing partakes of the circumfluent air, so let your thinking partake of the circumfluent Mind.
They invited us to partake of their simple meal.
—STEVE CASE, CHAIRMAN, AMERICA ONLINE he root of the word communicate, the Latin communis, means to partake or share, the same as in words like community and communion. Zen Computer
These fleet animals no sooner heard the enlivening sound, than, eager for the chase, they sprang away all of a sudden, and strained every nerve to partake of the sport, flew across the fields with incredible speed, overleaped hedges and ditches, and everything in their way, without the least regard to their unfortunate riders. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Caborn, ever the professional, kept a straight face, but his civil service minder Phil Townsend had to leave the room, giggling as if he had partaken of too much of the plant's produce.
The ornamental details and mouldings of this style generally partake of late Norman character; and the zig-zag and semicylindrical mouldings on the faces of arches appear to predominate, though other Norman mouldings are common; but we also frequently meet with specimens in the Semi-Norman style in which extreme plainness prevails, and the character is of that nature as to induce us to ascribe such buildings to rather an early period. The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed.
Would you care to partake of a little wine with us?
The next day he presented the Senate and plebs with a banquet, his pure, stainless, and holy body, the bread of angels, of which man has partaken, and he set chalices filled with wine before them.
Colonel Grahame, you will permit him to honour me with his society, and to take his poor disjune here, especially considering, that even his most sacred Majesty did not pass the Tower of Tillietudlem without halting to partake of some refreshment.” Old Mortality
No planning was made to partake in such activities, it was completely impromptu.
It has even created a kind of ideology, of which other countries have competed to partake: just look at the eagerness with which Australian coaches have been headhunted and academies inaugurated.
By five o'clock, Mrs Grundy has managed, with the connivance of Jack the driver, somehow or other to boil the kettle, and a cup of tea is ready for all who are inclined to partake. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441 Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852
However, she persisted in dishing the dinner as well as cooking it, and then sat down, bibless and apronless, to partake of it as an illustrious guest: Mrs. Wilfer first responding to her husband's cheerful "For what we are about to receive --" with a sepulchral Amen, calculated to cast a damp upon the stoutest appetite. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV
All fully partake of the sacred; and this is what gives them their perennial resistance to change.
The plot elements partake of pure melodrama, but the treatment raises the story to another level.
The chance to partake in such a great historic movement doesn't come every day.
Experience with modern research methods in mineralogy and crystallography are expected and the successful applicant should be prepared to partake in curatorial work as well as improve the museum's mineralogical and petrological collections. Naturejobs - All Jobs
A pot of sorghum beer is placed in the center of the room with numerous reed straws, and participants come forward to partake.
I suppose I forgot to mention it, but as a rule we don't allow renegades to partake in raids on the houses they used to belong to.
Painting, for him should imitate the roundness of sculptured forms, and architecture, too, must partake of the organic qualities of the human figure.
When 'coryza' in the dog runs on to catarrh, and the membrane of the pharynx partakes of the inflammation, the velum palati becomes inflamed and thickened, but will not act as a perfect communication between the mouth and the nose. The Dog
Such dinners they may pronounce as mere flummery and "kickshaws," but the partakers of them will not often endorse their opinion, nor desire to return to the antique fashions of 1773. A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding
For as the reins give no trouble to the charioteer, but the charioteer is the cruise of all the mischief through his not holding them properly: (and therefore do they often exact a penalty of him, entangling themselves with him, and dragging him on, and compelling him to partake in their own mishap:) so is it also in the case before us. NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
Partaker of influx and efflux I-- extoller of hate and Leaves of Grass [1867]
We do not only meet to share each other's burdens, but also to partake in each other's joys.
There would be a prosperity such as might seem fabulous, a prosperity of which every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie, would partake. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5
[[GLAD MIDSOMMAR!]] thursday: salt&vinegar crisps & lemon-tinged water rolled up in a stale headache-tortilla. smothered in non-profit-job-responsibility sauce with a hint of reluctant obedience. pre-stonewall gay documentaries as garnish. friday: [[proposed menu:]] a ramequin filled with moral-backslide. [to partake of the drink thursday's vow prohibits.] [[p.s. my lungs absofuckinglutely hate me.]] comments?? Pojken Diary Entry
Again The supper of the Lorde was not instituted to the end that such a sacrifice for synne (as they fayne) shuld be made of it/but that in the vse of it the communicantes shuld be put in mynde/and made partakers of that only propiciatorie sacrifice which christe offered ons only for all euer vppon the crosse. A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful by Peter Martyr; Wherunto is Added A Sermon made of the Confessing of Christ and His Gospel and of the Denying of the sam
Duhamel has never been partaken in a particularly stellar project, but at the very least we can agree he was certainly not the worst part of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Duhamel Express SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL – Collider.com
`There's a caudle cup on the fire, if anyone would like to partake. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
The picture of the close-packed Jews tumbling or sidling churchwards to hear the Christian sermon (for He saith “Compel them to come in ") and to partake of heavenly grace has in it something of Rembrandt united with something of Callot. Robert Browning
Pollack said many fathers are torn over gender-role issues, supporting the concept of less rigid stereotypes yet worried that their sons might be ostracized if they partake in activities viewed by their peers as unmasculine: We still socialize boys to follow their more aggressive side rather than their more thoughtful and caring side. Gender stereotypes easing more for girls than boys
Having partaken of the contents of the vials, they slump in their chairs, empty smiles plastered on their faces, eyes rolling here, there, and everywhere. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
In her novels, women and men partake in radically different subcultures: On average, the women are achievement - and future-oriented; on average, the men are not. "The Hidden Gender Restriction"; or, the Economics of Waiting to Exhale, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
We will partake in the celebration.
For instance, it has been claimed that events supervene on their participants, or that objects depend on the events in which they partake.
Suddenly, whole battalions of people with weird, rat-like faces were able to partake in a pastime previously denied them.
The mule partakes of both the horse and the ass.
The chance to partake in such a great historic movement doesn't come every day.
Pastor Glammeyer leads the group in prayer before they partake of a potluck lunch including fried chicken and deviled eggs. American Grace
It is true I had read in John de Vigo, first book, Of Wounds in General, eighth chapter, that wounds made by firearms partake of venenosity, by reason of the powder; and for their cure he bids you cauterise them with oil of elders scalding hot, mixed with a little treacle. Of Oil and Earthworms
Does Mr Boas, perchance, partake this implied opinion, that authorship unsexes; and is it therefore that he allows himself to deal out such hard measure to the Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845
Far from being in any degree a suspension of consciousness as is what is known as mediumship, this power partakes of the quality of omniscience. Cosmic Consciousness
The bomber struck at 7 am, when most of the 45 policemen at the station were asleep following 'sehri', the pre-dawn meal partaken ahead of a day-long fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramzan. Top Headlines
It was apparent that they had partaken of a quantity of refreshment in one of the many fine hostelries in the area, some of which even have toilets for their female customers.
The exceptive particle at the entrance, with the apologetical design of the whole verse, ascribes such things to the saints, to whom the apostle speaks, as they were not partakers of concerning whom he had immediately before discoursed. The Doctrine of the Saints�� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
He questions how the act could be such a sin if only the holiest females seem to partake in such an activity.
I haven't partaken in a single Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, or Monday Night Football when my plate wasn't sloshing with burnt chicken flakes floating in a pool of blood. What The Hell Nationality Are You?
However, she persisted in dishing the dinner as well as cooking it, and then sat down, bibless and apronless, to partake of it as an illustrious guest: Mrs Wilfer first responding to her husband's cheerful 'For what we are about to receive --' with a sepulchral Amen, calculated to cast a damp upon the stoutest appetite. Our Mutual Friend
He had to partake in other activities that day and put the Mets out of his mind.
But we had come to partake, and we were ushered into the Chrysanthemum Palace to be met by smiling waiters in red mandarin coats.
The wits and humorists, the distinguished worthies of the town or village, the apothecary, the attorney, even the curate himself, did not disdain to partake of this hebdomadal festivity. Rob Roy
He notes the use of services to indicate a single service (this is common throughout the United States); the decay of reverend to revernor, reverner, revenor or revener; the use of confirmand to designate a candidate for confirmation; the use of to announce to indicate notifying a pastor of an intention to partake of communion (Ger. sich anmelden); and the use of confessional-address (beichtrede.) Chapter 4. American and English Today. 2. Differences in Usage
The locust is always the last to open its leaves; they are just beginning to show, and a number of others, which partake of the same character of foliage, have only preceded them by a week or so. Rural Hours
They seem to me to partake little of the character of demonstration.
Most of them are happy to partake in a bit of youthful exhibitionism, but are turned off by full militant naturism. TV highlights 12/01/2012
Many chiliasts believed that in the millennium all manner of physical craving would be satiated, that men would find all women beautiful, and willing to partake in carnal delights.
At ten we dine, which is the first meal we partake of in the day. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times
We do not only meet to share each other's burdens, but also to partake in each other's joys.
Will you partake of our simple meal?
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences
All decent human work partakes (let us thank the great reasonablenesses of real things!) of the quality of play: if it did not it would be bad or ever on the verge of badness; and if ever human activity attains to fullest fruitfulness, it will be (every experience of our own best work shows it) when the distinction of _work_ and of _play_ will cease to have a meaning, play remaining only as the preparatory work of the child, as the strength-repairing, balance-adjusting work of the adult. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life
Spirit of God, in holy eucharistical ordinances, are the marriage-feast; and the whole collective body of all those who partake of this feast is the bride, the Lamb's wife; they eat into one body, and drink into one Spirit, and are not mere spectators or guests, but coalesce into the espoused party, the mystical body of Christ. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Having partaken heartily of frozen pemmican, I stuffed my pocket, bundled the rest into a bag on the sledge, and started off in high glee, stimulated in body and mind.
So I went to a trendy lounge in my neighborhood on Friday night and decided to partake in the Pabst Blue Ribbon revival.
knout" partakes a good deal of this same character of suffering. Oak Openings
They are immoderately fond of dancing, and indeed it is almost the only amusement they partake of: but even in this they discover great want of taste and elegance, and seldom appear with that gracefulness and ease, which these movements are so calculated to display. A Renegade History of the United States
According to devotees, pilgrimage to the Nizamuddin shrine enables them to partake of the saint's blessedness.
I was glad when he left them because I was a vegetarian and didn't wish to partake of any beefy, meaty nonsense.
According to theodicies that emphasize soul-making and defeasibility, this is not because God is malevolent, but so that we can share with him the knowledge that evil is creation's enemy, and partake in the glory of its defeat. Divine Providence
Having washed and bathed in the water, the king made me partake of a very splendid banquet, in which there was too much arrak, the whole being eaten and drank us we sat in the water; and at this entertainment all his nobles and officers were present. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
From the mock black and white flashback in which the U. S military discovers the subversive effects of heavy pot use, to an engaging montage that introduces Dale Denton and his liberal opinion but non-liberal use of marijuana, while going about his work as a despised Process Server, Pineapple Express makes an excellent first impression and feels like a rather affinitive take on today's slackers who partake in casual drug use. DVD Times
The expression is not, "Give a share to one another," for all the viands brought to the feast were common property, and, therefore, they should "tarry" till all were met to partake together of the common feast of fellowship Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
But if ever martyr were worthy of being called a partaker of the sufferings of Christ it was surely this girl, free, if ever human creature was, from self-seeking, or thought of reward, or ambitious hope, in whose heart there had never been any motive but the service of God and the deliverance of her country, who had neither looked before nor after, nor put her own interests into consideration in any way. Jeanne d'Arc
In order that the crime of killing the "postmen" may be recognized in its true light, it is but fair that I should say, that the brutes, having partaken once of the good cheer on board or around the ships, seldom seemed satisfied with the mere empty honours of a copper collar, and returned to be caught over and over again. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51
All libations denote a sacrifice to the deity, but the one in the meal-context denotes a sharing with the god as all partake of the same drinking of wine.
Grandmother likes to partake of a small glass of sherry before lunch.
Audiences can now partake of French films at their favorite cineplex in the capital.
This was the man I was most anxious to meet but not before we had partaken of the sumptuous repast prepared by the capable and willing hands of the female congregation.
More than a few will also tell you that you've not truly lived until you've partaken of certain proscribed herbs while the sun sets.
Mr Codlin indeed required no such persuasion, as he had already eaten as much as he could possibly carry and was now moistening his clay with strong ale, whereof he took deep draughts with a silent relish and invited nobody to partake — thus again strongly indicating his misanthropical turn of mind. The Old Curiosity Shop
We want to partake in something of beauty, of glory, to take us out and up. Times, Sunday Times
It attracts people from the four corners of the earth and each year there are more new fans showing up to partake of the music and craic.
Tim. 4:3 Who forbid marriage and command abstaining from foods, which God has created to be partaken of with thanksgiving by those who believe and have full knowledge of the truth.
Mr. Kudlak, who has lived in Sag Harbor for over a decade, said the bayside allows residents to partake in a number of water activities such as fishing, boating and kayaking. Sag Harbor Favors History Over Luxury
It is also believed by some that the chemical change in the muscle partakes of a fermentive character; that, under the influence of the proper ferments, the substances break up into other and simpler products, thus setting free heat and force; and that this chemical change is followed by a secondary oxidation by the oxygen in the arterial blood, thereby forming carbonic acid and water, as in all putrefactive processes. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics
Come the day, and a considerable crowd assembled to partake of free food and drink.
Won't you partake of our lunch?
And it is a thing to be noted, that Luke saith not, that the disciples were sent to hear Paul preach, but the disciples being come together to break bread upon the first day of the week, that is, to be partakers of the holy communion, at what time the Lord's death was by the preaching of the word shewed (1 Cor. xviii. The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God.
She remains an orphan girl, and, as such, she partakes of the tradition of the orphan girl in the movies: outcast, woebegone, beset on all sides, but plucky and triumphant in the end.
Will you partake of our simple meal?
But before any one settles down into a conclusion that this passage warrants the use of wine and ardent spirits, in our age and country, let him consider that there may have been, as there doubtless were, peculiar reasons, under the Levitical dispensation, for permitting the Jews to partake of what their soul desired _before the Lord_, which would not apply to mankind generally; as was the case in respect to several other things. Select Temperance Tracts
They were happy to partake of our feast, but not to share our company.
It would dishonour the animals, he thought, if he refused to hunt them and partake of their life. THE BROKEN GOD
For his part, Satou-sensei, progeny of the powerful Nosferatu Red Angel, has never "partaken" of the student body, in fact, he has defended them from the zombies and bloodlusts of other vampires. Mania News Feed
Unlike them I had indeed partaken of this beverage over the years, without knowing much about its history or production processes.
The same dating site which kicked off 5,000 members who "overindulged" over the Christmas break has now launched a sperm and eggbank section of its site, promising "beautiful babies" for anyone who partakes. Gizmodo
Many trippers come here not for sun or romance, but to partake of one or two of the many courses such as novel writing, painting, tai chi, massage, sailing and theatre, that are on offer.
During the procession which now follows, and at which all the partakers carry lighted candles in their hands, the choir sings the antiphon "Adorna thalamum tuum, Sion", composed by St. John of Damascus, one of the few pieces which, text and music, have been borrowed by the Roman Church from the Greeks. Candlemas, The Feast of the Presentation and Purification
When a gen'leman'sh invited b 'th' lady 'f th' house t 'partake' f refreshmen '---- The 'Mind the Paint' Girl A Comedy in Four Acts
This may also intimate that such as indulge themselves in gluttony or drunkenness, and by so doing make their own table the table of devils, or keep up fellowship with Satan by a course of known and wilful wickedness, cannot partake truly of the cup and table of the Lord. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
His work partakes of the aesthetic fashions of his time.
Let us now very reverently examine ourselves as we partake of the bread and wine.
The husband, who had left his hiding place and knocked at the door, now entered, and after saluting his wife, sat down, when having partaken of the refreshments provided for the gallants, the happy couple entered into conversation loud enough to be overheard by the wretched inamorati, who were quaking for fear of discovery. The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete
= -- The leaves partake more or less of the altered direction of the axis, as in fastigiate elms, but this is not universally the case, for though the stem is bent downwards the leaves may be placed in the opposite direction; thus in some specimens of Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Would you care to partake of a little wine with us?
When the right occasion comes along and that wine is uncorked, it will be the best, most delicious nectar the lucky partaker has ever experienced. Become Your Own Matchmaker « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting
They were a bunch of raggle-taggle wanderers, individuals, cast away from society to partake on the last quest of each of their lives.
When Shilling himself first arrived to partake in West Coast water sports, he bodysurfed naked.
I can never get over the shock of seeing Jake actually partake in classroom activities.
Will you partake of a drink with us?
My companion made no reply; his face ceased to shine, and as he sat whizzing past his dinner, I mentally compared his recent exultation with that of those who in the present day extol much of its spirit, use many of its arguments, and partake in most of its triumphs, in utter ignorance as to whitherwards it is all tending as surely as the Great Western rails run into Paddington. Obiter Dicta
It was intended for that sort of negus which is offered at Christmas parties and of which ladies and children may partake with refreshment and cheerfulness. The Kickleburys on the Rhine
While its protagonists partake in awkward coupling and underage tippling, Gilligan's book is in fact a rather old-fashioned teen romance.
They were happy to partake of our feast, but not to share our company.
When it terminates in such a mount, it partakes of the quality of that particular mount.
Having a child is a traumatic physical experience, and means that any other sort of activities a woman partakes in must take second place during the lengthy gestation period.
The chance to partake in such a great historic movement doesn't come every day.
To partake of the Eucharist is to partake of Christ himself, and to enter into sacramental communion with our Lord we must all be properly disposed.
In the early 19th century, lunch in the modern sense was mostly partaken of by women, the men (especially those in business and the professions) eating large breakfasts and large dinners, and little in between.
I have no doubt he remembered I was the only one who had not partaken of his drinks the day before.
It would be a privilege to partake vicariously of their emotions.
Out of all the queered out individuals i know that for some reason choose play this horribly lame sport, non of them ever listen to dystopia, earth, etc etc etc let alone partake in the chillum to my knowledge. The Slap of Luxury: Vulgar Displays of Earning Power
And thus have we discovered the blessed agents and undertakers in this work their several actions and orderly concurrence unto the whole; which, though they may be thus distinguished, yet they are not so divided but that every one must be ascribed to the whole nature, whereof each person is “in solidum” partaker. The Death of Death in the Death of Christ
It isn't, as with digital effects, that some components of the shot are manufactured, while others are allegedly ‘real’; everything partakes of both qualities, through and through.
The chance to partake in such a great historic movement doesn't come every day.
To distinguish semantically between "gourmandise" in its proper application ( "la gourmandise proprement dite") and the common understanding of "gourmandise" as gluttony one must partake in the gourmand's powers of discrimination — unlike the lexicographers, but quintessentially like Savarin, whose prose, in portraying the gourmand's enjoyment of his expertise, takes pleasure it itself. Economies of Excess in Brillat-Savarin, Balzac, and Baudelaire
Though the general fitness of players has improved during my 17 years in the game, teetotal footballers are still vastly outnumbered by those who do partake of an alcoholic refreshment.
That is, are musicians more likely to be romantically portrayed than, say, painters; or does art about art generally partake of this self-glorification, whether it's about music, painting, dance? Du holde Kunst
It is not necessary to provide catering as many visitors prefer to self cater or to partake of local cuisine.
Peppermint buttons and white-chocolate-covered pretzel sticks and turtles and brickle and more delicious handmades line the table, and students are encouraged begged, even to partake. Let Me Eat Cake
But still I wanted, and waited for, with humble patience, and made it part of my constant prayers, that the divine Grace would at last touch his heart, and make him more than a countenancer, more than an applauder of my duties; that he might for his own dear sake, become a partaker in them. Pamela
Several other browns, and ochrous earths, partake of a citrine hue, such as Cassel Earth, Bistre, &c. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
Therefore Publius Apuleius, a tribune of the people, who ever since my consulship has been the witness and partaker of, and my assistant in all my designs and all my dangers could not endure the grief of witnessing my indignation. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4
I took leave of him with regret. his gaiety is inoffensive, & our intimacy at Lisbon created many ideas & associations which he only partakes. this evening he will be at Bath; & I hope my mothers affairs will now be settled comfortably; the plan of settling them once fixed, I expect her here. Letter 247
They may be characterized as gossipy, sarcastic, ironical, scandal-mongering, dealing in satire, abuse, hitting right and left at social and personal vices -- a cheese of rank flavor that is not to be partaken of too freely. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula
The theory we shall put forward in this book will therefore necessarily partake of finalism to a certain extent.
Well, I have to admit that I had partaken heavily of the jug myself, so I wasn't performing up to my usual standards that night, either.
For now, however, I think it would be a good idea not to partake of any food or drink from anyone but the hotel.
In another good example of orthographic gemination, I was just reading something that contained the well-attested spelling ‘dissapointed’, which also seems to partake of the feeling of a zero-sum transfer of doubling.
Before every quarterly conference the class leader visited each member, collected his quarterage, and issued to members of good standing tickets which allowed them to partake of communion.

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