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participate definition

par·tici·pate (pär tis′ə pāt′)

intransitive verb participated -·pat′ed, participating -·pat′·ing

to have or take a part or share with others (in some activity, enterprise, etc.)

Etymology: < L participatus, pp. of participare < pars, part + capere, to take: see have

transitive verb

Rare to have or take a part or share in

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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