Participate
(Par*tic"i*pate) a. [L. participatus, p. p. of participare to participate; pars, partis, part +
capere to take. See Part, and Capacious.] Acting in common; participating. [R.] Shak.
Participate
(Par*tic"i*pate) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Participated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Participating.] To have
a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; — followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate
in a debate. Shak.
So would he participateof their wants.
Hayward.
Mine may come when men
With angels may participate.
Milton. Participate
(Par*tic"i*pate), v. 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.
Participation
(Par*tic`i*pa"tion) n. [F. participation, L. participatio.]
1. The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows.
These deities are so by participation.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself!
Atterbury. 2. Distribution; division into shares. [Obs.] Raleigh.
3. community; fellowship; association. [Obs.] Shak.
Participative
(Par*tic"i*pa*tive) a. [Cf. F. participatif.] Capable of participating.
Participator
(Par*tic"i*pa`tor) n. [L.] One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker.
Participial
(Par`ti*cip"i*al) a. [L. participialis: cf. E. participal. See Participle.] Having, or partaking of,
the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun. Lowth.
Participial
(Par`ti*cip"i*al), n. A participial word.
Participialize
(Par`ti*cip"i*al*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Participialized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Participializing.]
To form into, or put in the form of, a participle. [R.]
Participially
(Par`ti*cip"i*al*ly), adv. In the sense or manner of a participle.
Participle
(Par"ti*ci*ple) n. [F. participe, L. participium, fr. particeps sharing, participant; pars, gen.
partis, a part + capere to take. See Participate.]
1. (Gram.) A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal
adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a
letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, — written, being,
and exhaustedare participles.
By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect.
Earle. Present participles, called also imperfect, or incomplete, participles, end in -ing. Past participles,
called also perfect, or complete, participles, for the most part end in -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n. A participle
