Verb

(en verb)

To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

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To have the use or benefit of something.

* Bible, Numbers xxxvi. 8

that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers

* 1988 , Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays

This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.

To have sexual intercourse with.

(Milton)

Verb

(formal) To take part in an activity; to participate.

* John Locke

Brutes partake in this faculty.

To take a share or portion (of).

Will you partake of some food?

(obsolete) To have something of the properties, character, or office (of).

* Francis Bacon

The attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster partakes partly of a judge, and partly of an attorney-general.