partake (verb)

  • 111consume — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. destroy, demolish, annihilate; burn, decompose, corrode; devour, swallow, eat, drink; exhaust, drain, use up, expend. See destruction, use, waste. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To eat or drink] Syn. eat… …

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  • 112contribute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. give, subscribe, donate; help, aid, assist; conduce, advance, tend, serve, redound, go. See giving, cause. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. give, donate, provide, add, share, endow, supply, furnish, bestow,… …

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  • 113devour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. eat, wolf [down]; consume, destroy. See food, gluttony, destruction, use. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. gulp, swallow, gorge; see eat 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. swallow up, eat, consume,… …

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  • 114engage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bind, obligate, pledge, promise; betroth; hire, enlist, employ, book, retain; reserve, secure; occupy, interest, engross, attract, entangle, involve, interlock; set about, take up; fight, contend.… …

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  • 115enjoy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. like, relish, love, gloat over, delight in; experience; hold, possess. See pleasure, possession. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take pleasure in] Syn. relish, savor, delight in, luxuriate in, revel in,… …

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  • 116experience — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. have, know, see, meet, encounter; undergo, suffer, brave, sustain; enjoy, realize, apprehend, understand. See feeling, knowledge, occurrence. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of living through… …

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  • 117fare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. get on, make out, get along; prosper, thrive; eat, dine, regale oneself. n. passage, carfare, to ken; luck, outcome; food, diet, table, board, provisions. See travel, price, effect. II (Roget s IV) …

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  • 118feel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. touch, taste; experience; bear, suffer, endure (see durability); infer, intuit; explore. n. emotion, feeling; touch; informal, aptitude, understanding. See reasoning, intellect. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn …

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  • 119indulge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pamper, spoil, favor, humor; gratify; take pleasure(in); revel. See intemperance, permission, leniency. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To humor] Syn. pamper, spoil, coddle; see humor , pamper . 2. [To give …

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  • 120ingest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. eat, drink, etc.; absorb, assimilate. See food, receiving. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. swallow, consume, eat. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to pass from the mouth into the… …

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