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Part-, Pairt-takar, Partakar, Pairtakar, n. Also: parte-, pert- and -takare, -air, -er, -ir; -taikar, -er, -tayker; -takkar, -er, -tacker. [e.m.E. and ME. (c 1400) part(e)-taker, e.m.E. partacker (a 1500), partaker (1547); f. Part n. and Takar n.] A partaker, in the usual senses.Also, freq., written as two words.

1. One who takes part or shares (of, also in, to an action, experience, etc.) (with, also of, to another person); a partner or sharer; a participant.Art and partaker, a participant in a crime. For further examples see Art n. 2 c.(1) 1515 Acts II. 282/2 (see Art n. 2 c).
Airt & partakar c1520-c1535 Nisbet I. 5.
Than art thow … partakare of [al] the promisis that evir God made vnto thame that fere him 1562-3 Winȝet I. 85/2.
All that ar partakaris of ane breid and ane coup 1569 Sc. Hist. Rev. I. 39.
Being suspected … to have bene a partaker off a … conspiracy [etc.] a1585 Maitl. Q. lxvi. 101.
Ane servitour that will … be pertaker of my woe & eis c 1585 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 192.
Quhill on ane day pairtaikeris they be maid Of ane beatitude 1590 Crim. Trials I. ii. 203.
Ye was partaker of wichcraft a1633 Hope Major Pract. II. 8.
Under paine to be esteemed pertakers of the king's murther(b) c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Cor. ix. 12.
Gif vtheris ar parttakaris of youre powere quhy nocht rather we? a1538 Abell 109b.
Ane serwand … part taker of the forsaid trason 1551 Hamilton Cat. 172.
I am ane member of this communitie and part takar of all thair gud 1556 Stirling B. Rec. I. 68.
Nor nane utheris part takaris of the feid 1558-66 Knox I. 250.
He lyikwiese ministrat the Lordis Table, whairof besydis him self war parttakaris his lady [etc.] 1559 St. A. Kirk S. 7.
As we be … parttakeris of ane spirite and heyris of ane kingdome 1559–60 Ib. 19.
With parttaikaris and complices of adultery(2) c1520-c1535 Nisbet Apoc. i. 9.
Your bruthir and part takar in tribulatioun 1599 Paterson Ayr & Wigton II. 54.
Quha ar … witnesses assistaris or pairt-takaris to the said combat(3) 1519 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 191.
That thai be reput as pairt takaris with fals cunyeouris and punist thairfore 1528 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. VIII. 180.
Now beand in company or parttakar with the said vmquhile Erle of Angus 1555 Peebles B. Rec. I. 227.
That thai set na houssis to suspect personis vnder the pane to be accusit as part takkaris with thame a1578 Pitsc. I. 219/18.
On them quho was pertakeris witht the kingis father aganis him self Ib. II. 142/22.
[Whoever] eat flesche in Lentrone … sould be reput … partakeris with the congregatioun a1639 Spotsw. Hist. (1655) 287.
The proceedings of the Lords and other partakers with the Chancellour — 1531 Douglas of Morton 772.
To quham the said Richert hes bene ane assister partaker and manteinar 1533 Gau 59/16.
I am partakir of al thayme that dredis thé 1568 Grant Chart. 133.
As partakeris … of the saidis lymmaris(4) 1567 Kirkcaldy B. Rec. 309.
That na flescheris nor keggeris be pairtakeris … with aneuther in thair buying and selling of flesche and fische 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 153.
Compartiner airt and pairtacker with Margrat Og thy mother in all hir witchcraftis 1616 Reg. Privy C. X. 657.
Partakairis 1626 Justiciary Cases I. 43.
Aganis the … partakeris uith … Jon Barnes in the said tressonabell fact

2. One who takes (another's) part or side; a supporter or adherent; an assistant; an accomplice.(a) 1516 Acta Conc. MS. XXVII. 223.
Thair brethir kyn freindis part takaris and annerdance 1517 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 88.
Schir Donald of the Ylis his complesis and part takaris that rabellis aganis the croune 1521 Douglas Corr. 81. 1525 St. A. Formulare I. 269.
I denunce … the committaris of the saidis … murthuris … togydder with thare parttakkaris assistaris [etc.] 1528 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 94.
His kyn frendis serwandis inherdandis & part takaris 1530 Lennox Mun. 237.
Partetakaris 1539 Rec. Earld. Orkney 61. 1542 Acts II. 419/2.
Archibald … and his part takkerris rebellis 1546 Montgomery Mem. 139.
Parttakaris 1549 Buccleuch Mun. II. 195.
Parttaykeris 1562 Peebles B. Rec. I. 282.
Parttakkaris 1617 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 8 Feb.
Ȝe … with … assistouris & part takkeris come to the said place of Elpheinstoun under silence of nycht [etc.](b) 1530 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 115.
Pairt takkaris 1546 Misc. Spald. C. II. 274.
And ather of thame sall fortifie vthir thair kynn … and pairt takarris at thair vter powar in all thair lefull honest busines(c) 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 325.
And all the laif his partakaris 1596 Dalr. I. 98/17. Ib. 162/15.
Albeit he be na partaker ȝit throuch silens he dissimilis 1612 Reg. Privy C. IX. 306.(d) 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 129.
Pairtakaris 1605 Reg. Privy S. VII. 58.
Pairtakers(e) 1524 Douglas Corr. 15.
Seyng that I and my pertakers have put the king my son out of the dangier that he was in 1567 Anderson Collect. Mary II. 222.
The … Erle of Bothwell his complices and pertakeris 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 306.
Pertackeris 1580 Fam. Innes 139.
Pertaikarris 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 34.
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