participate

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English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin participare (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”), from particeps (“taking part in, sharing in”), from pars (“part”) + capiō (“to take”); see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb.

Pronunciation

(verb)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɑːˈtɪsɪpeɪt/
• (General American) enPR: pär-tĭsʹə-pāt, IPA^(key): /pɑɹˈtɪsəpeɪt/

(adjective)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɑːˈtɪsɪpət/
• (General American) enPR: pär-tĭsʹə-pət, IPA^(key): /pɑɹˈtɪsəpət/

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something). [from 16th c.]
2. (obsolete, transitive) To share, to take part in (something). [16th–19th c.]
3. (obsolete) To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others. [16th–18th c.]
   • 1661, Thomas Salusbury, Galilaeus Galilaeus Lyncaeus, His Systeme of the World, Second Dialogue, in Mathematical Collections and Translations, London, p. 105,^[4]

     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, all shall have their risings, settings, and in a word, all their other appearances.

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Translations

Adjective

participate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Acting in common; participating.

Further reading

• “participate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “participate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “participate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Latin

Verb

participāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of participō

Spanish

Verb

participate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of participar combined with te