participate

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  1. intransitive verb To take part in something: participated in the festivities.
  2. intransitive verb To share in something: If only I could participate in your good fortune.
  3. transitive verb Archaic To partake of.

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  • There's a long sidebar at the end with explanations from vendors who didn't participate which is particularly interesting if you were considering purchasing hardware and support software from these companies. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • Some organizations plan, participate, and perform in hundreds of parties and events each year and undergo learned and seen what works best for certain groups. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Then if you'd like to participate, all you have to do is write a new post on your own blog this week, telling us about something you learned from the chosen topic. —  Middle Zone Musings
  • But if the shadow banking system fails to sufficiently participate, then the Fed must. —  GlobalResearch.ca
  • But several medics said they feared Ramallah would cut their salaries if they did not participate, and a website close to —  Sigmund, Carl and Alfred
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participate:   participated ·  participating ·  participates
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin participāre, participāt-, from particeps, particip-, partaker : pars, part-, part; see part + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from L. participatus, past participle of participare (later Italian participare, participare = Spanish Portuguese participar = French participer), take part in, share in, give part in, impart, from L. particeps (particip-), taking part in, sharing in, from pars (part-), part, + capere, take: see part and capable. For the second element, cf. anticipate.
 

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/pərˈtɪsɪpeɪt/
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