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participate.

To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/Received-Pronunciation/pɑɹˈtɪs.əˌpeɪt/Canada, General-American/pɐːˈtɪs.ə.pæɪt/Australia/pɐːˈtəs.ə.pæɪt/New-Zealand
  1. To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).

    intransitive
  2. To share, to take part in (something).

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin participātus, the perfect passive participle of participō (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from particeps (“taking part (in), sharing (in); someone who takes part (in)”, particip- in compounds), from pars (“part”, part- in compounds) + -ceps (“which takes, taker”), literally “(someone) who takes part”; see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb.

adj/pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/Received-Pronunciation/pɑɹˈtɪs.əˌpeɪt/Canada, General-American/pɐːˈtɪs.ə.pæɪt/Australia/pɐːˈtəs.ə.pæɪt/New-Zealand
  1. Acting in common; participating.

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin participātus, the perfect passive participle of participō (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from particeps (“taking part (in), sharing (in); someone who takes part (in)”, particip- in compounds), from pars (“part”, part- in compounds) + -ceps (“which takes, taker”), literally “(someone) who takes part”; see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb.

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