Participate

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: par=tic=i=pate

CIDE DICTIONARY

Participate, a. [L. participatus, p. p. of participare to participate; pars, partis, part + capere to take. See Part, and Capacious.].

 Acting in common; participating.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

Participate, v. i. 

 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 discussion.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
"So would he participate of their wants."  [1913 Webster]
"Mine may come when men
With angels may participate."  [1913 Webster]

Participate, v. t. 

•  To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of.  [1913 Webster]

  "Fit to participate all rational delight."  [1913 Webster]
•  To impart, or give, or share of.  Drayton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Participate, 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).

Derivative

participation n. participator n. participatory adj.

Etymology

L participare f. particeps - cipis taking part, formed as PART + -cip- = cap- stem of capere take

THESAURUS

Participate

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Participate

Conduct

VB transact, execute, despatch, dispatch, proceed with, discharge, carry on, carry through, carry out, carry into effect, put into effect, work out, go through, get through, enact, put into practice, do, officiate, bear oneself, behave oneself, comport oneself, demean oneself, carry oneself, conduct oneself, acquit oneself, run a race, lead a life, play a game, take a course, adopt a course, steer one's course, shape one's course, play one's paint, play one's cards, shift for oneself, paddle one's own canoe, bail one's own boat, conduct, manage, supervise, participate, deal with, have to do with, treat, handle a case, take steps, take measures.

Cooperation

VB cooperate, concur, coact, synergize, conduce, combine, unite one's efforts, keep together, draw together, pull together, club together, hand together, hold together, league together, band together, be banded together, pool, stand shoulder to shoulder, put shoulder to shoulder, act in concert, join forces, fraternize, cling to one another, conspire, concert, lay one's heads together, confederate, be in league with, collude, understand one another, play into the hands of, hunt in couples, side with, take side with, go along with, go hand in hand with, join hands with, make common cause with, strike in with, unite with, join with, mix oneself up with, take part with, cast in one's lot with, join partnership, enter into partnership with, rally round, follow the lead of, come to, pass over to, come into the views of, be in the same boat, row in the same boat, sail in the same boat, sail on the same tack, be a party to, lend oneself to, chip in, participate, have a hand in, have a finger in the pie, take part in, bear part in, second, take the part of, play the game of, espouse a cause, espouse a quarrel.

Participation

VB participate, partake, share, share in, come in for a share, go shares, go snacks, go halves, share and share alike, have in common, possess in common, be seized in common, have as joint tenants, possess as joint tenants, be seized as joint tenants, join in, have a hand in.