Category:Participate

Par*tic"i*pate, a. Etym: [l. participatus, p.p. of participare to Participate; pars, partis, part + capere to take. See part, and Capacious.]

Defn: acting in common; participating. [r.] Shak.

Participate Par*tic"i*pate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Participated; p. pr. & vb. n. Participating.]

Defn: tj 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.

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.