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Webster 1913 Edition
Participate
Par-tic′i-pate
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Participated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Participating
.] To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to play a role; to partake; – followed by
in
, formerly by of
; as, to
. participate
in a debate; to participate
in a discussionShak.
So would he
participate
of their wants. Hayward.
Mine may come when men
With angels may
With angels may
participate
. Milton.
Par-tic′i-pate
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Participate
PARTIC'IPATE
,Verb.
I.
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
,Verb.
T.
Fellowship
Such as I seek, fit to participate
All rational delight--
Definition 2024
participate
participate
English
Verb
participate (third-person singular simple present participates, present participle participating, simple past and past participle participated)
- (intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something). [from 16th c.]
- 2015 April 16, Jeré Longman, “At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way”, in The New York Times:
- For the second year, foreign amateur runners were allowed to participate in a 10-kilometer race, a half-marathon or a full marathon in Pyongyang, the capital. The races were a part of the April 15 birthday celebration of Kim Il-sung, the former leader of North Korea and father of his successors: Kim Jong-il, a son, and Kim Jong-un, a grandson.
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- (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 [...].
- 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, I:
- (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.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World, II:
Related terms
Translations
to join in, to take part, to involve oneself
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Adjective
participate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Acting in common; participating.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Coriolanus, I. i. 101:
- And, mutually participate, did minister / Unto the appetite and affection common / Of the whole body.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Coriolanus, I. i. 101:
External links
- participate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- participate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.