participate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the participle stem of Latin participare (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”), from Latin particeps (“taking part in, sharing in”), from pars (“part”) + capere (“to take”); see part and capable.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
participate (third-person singular simple present participates, present participle participating, simple past and past participle participated)
- (intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something). [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete, transitive) To share, share in (something). [16th-19th c.]
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:
- they seldome feed together, lest they might participate one anothers impurity: each has his owne cup [...].
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:
- (obsolete) To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others. [16th-18th c.]
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, II:
- Make the Earth [...] turn round its own axis in twenty four hours, and towards the same point with all the other Spheres; and without participating this same motion to any other Planet or Star.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, II:
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
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External links [edit]
- participate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- participate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
participāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of participō
