participate

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From Latin participatus, past participle of 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.

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participate (third-person singular simple present participates, present participle participating, simple past and past participle participated)

  1. To join in, to take part, to involve oneself.
  2. (obsolete) To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.
    • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World (Dialogue 2)
      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.

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participāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of participō
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