Participate

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /pɑːˈtɪsɪpeɪt/

Origin

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.

Full definition of participate

Verb

1. (intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something). from 16th c.
2. (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 ....
3. (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.

Related terms

• participant
• participation
• participative
• participator
• participatory
• participial
• participle

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Acting in common; participating.
• 1608, William Shakespeare, , I. i. 101:And, mutually participate, did minister
  Unto the appetite and affection common
  Of the whole body.