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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARTIC'IPATE, v.i. [L. participo; pars, part, and capio, to take.]
1. To partake; to have a share in common with others. The heart of sensibility participates in the sufferings of a friend. It is sometimes followed by of.
He would participate of their wants.
2. To have part of more things than one.
Few creatures participate of the nature of plants and metals both.
PARTIC'IPATE,v.t. To partake; to share; to receive a part of.
Fellowship
Such as I seek, fit to participate
All rational delight--

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: share in something [syn: participate, take part]
2: become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations" [syn: enter, participate] [ant: chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-pated; -pating) Etymology: Latin participatus, past participle of participare, from particip-, particeps participant, from part-, pars part + capere to take — more at heave Date: 1531 transitive verb archaic partake intransitive verb 1. to possess some of the attributes of a person, thing, or quality 2. a. to take part <always participates in class discussions> b. to have a part or share in something Synonyms: see share • participator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. 1 (foll. by in) take a part or share (in). 2 literary or formal (foll. by of) have a certain quality (the speech participated of wit). Derivatives: participation n. participator n. participatory adj. Etymology: L participare f. particeps - cipis taking part, formed as PART + -cip- = cap- stem of capere take

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Participate Par*tic"i*pate, a. [L. participatus, p. p. of participare to participate; pars, partis, part + capere to take. See Part, and Capacious.] Acting in common; participating. [R.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Participate Par*tic"i*pate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Participated; p. pr. & vb. n. Participating.] To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate. --Shak. So would he participateof their wants. --Hayward. Mine may come when men With angels may participate. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Participate Par*tic"i*pate, v. t. 1. To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of. [R.] Fit to participate all rational delight. --Milton. 2. To impart, or give, or share of. [Obs.] --Drayton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(participates, participating, participated) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. If you participate in an activity, you take part in it. They expected him to participate in the ceremony... ...special contracts at lower rates for participating corporations. VERB: V in n, V-ing • participation ...participation in religious activities.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a., v. n. Partake, share, have a part in, take a part in.

Moby Thesaurus

be enfranchised, be implicated in, bear a hand, chip in, contribute, contribute to, engage in, enter into, go into, have suffrage, help decide, join, join in, make the scene, partake, partake in, partake of, participate in, pull an oar, share in, sit in, sit in on, take part in, vote