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▪ I. participate, ppl. a. (n.) Now rare or Obs.|pəˈtɪsɪpət|
[ad. L. participāt-us made to share, pa. pple. of participāre: see next.]
†1. Made to share; = prec. A. 1. Obs.
a1450Mankind (Brandl 1898) 181 Oneto hys blysse ye be all predestynatt. Euery man for hys degre, I trust, xall be partycypatt. 1657M. Hawke Killing is M. 20 To be participate of the fraude of the Fox as well as the force of the Lion.
2. as pa. pple. = participated.
†a. Communicated. Obs.
1567in Robertson Hist. Scot. (1759) II. App. 37, I have participat the contents thereof to such as I thought meet.
b. Shared, participated.
1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863) 399 Well has he been named II Beato and Angelico whose life was participate with angels even in this world!
†B. n. One made to participate; a participant: = prec. B. 1 b. Obs.
1648in H. Cary Mem. Gt. Civ. War (1832) II. 19 The committee of estates, which I supposed did consist of the earl of Lanerick and his participates.
▪ II. participate, v.|pəˈtɪsɪpeɪt, pɑː-|
[f. L. participāt-, ppl. stem of participāre, f. particeps, particip-em partaking, a partaker, f. parti- part + -cip-, weak form of cap-, stem of capĕre to take. As with many other vbs. in -ate, the L. pa. pple. in -ātus was adapted as -at, -ate, before any other part of the vb.: see prec. and -ate3.]
I. trans.
1. To take or have a part or share of or in; to possess or enjoy in common with others; to share: = partake 1.
1531Elyot Gov. iii. xxiv, The one [the soul] we participate with goddes, the other [the body] with bestes. c1611Chapman Iliad ix. 579 Since half my honour and my realm thou mayst participate. 1756Washington Lett. Writ. 1889 I. 249, I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings. 1807Robinson Archæol. Græca iii. viii. 233 Dione..is said to have participated with Jupiter the incense burnt at the temple of Dodona. 1847R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath iv. (1848) 118 This ‘general assembly’ is not called to behold or to participate combat.
†2. To give (a thing) to be shared; to share (a thing) with others; to give a share or portion of (it) to or unto another; hence, to communicate, impart; to impart (information), make known; = partake 2. Obs.
c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden No. 36) I. 92 [He] didde participate his whole councell with her. 1588Kyd Househ. Phil. Wks. (1901) 245 A friende and neighbor..who often time participates the profit of his sports with my Son. Ibid. 251 A matter which my Father..participated vnto me a fewe yeeres before his death. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. iv. 323 God Almighty must be called in to distribute and participate the portions of this Mental Nature. 1707Freind Peterborow's Cond. Sp. 203, I have resolved..to write and participate to you this Opportunity.
†b. To impart, give. Obs.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. b iv b/1 The Ingravere hath participated some propre and perpolite fashone to the handle.
†3. To make (a person) partaker. Obs. (Cf. partake 3.)
1597Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 376 He used..to maintaine heards of whores, with whom he participated his friends and servants.
II. intr.
4. To take part; to have a part or share; to share: = partake 4 (but not now said of sharing in material things). Const. with a person, in († of, † with) a thing.
1565Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 362 To draw in strangearis..to participat with thame in thair attemptattis. 1577Harrison England ii. xxii. (1877) i. 339 Our red and fallow deere will not let to participat thereof [mast] with our hogs. 1699Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 548 His aunt, who participated of the same dose,..is like to recover. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. I. ii. 97 Their eagerness to participate of the same favours, removed all their fears. 1809Syd. Smith Serm. I. 64 Fourteen or fifteen youths, who have long participated of your bounty. 1873Holland Arth. Bonnic. xii. 207 Millie and I talked of many things..and participated very little in the general conversation. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. v. (ed. 2) 106 One member of the human body has to bear the burden and participate in the grief of another.
†b. To share the nature, have some of the qualities or characteristics of, have a common character or something in common with (another thing or person): = partake 4 c. Obs.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 37 The sprynge tyme dothe participate the fyrste parte with wynter, the later parte with sommer. 1652–62Heylin Cosmogr. iii. (1682) 143 The people..in their persons, habit, and Religion, participate somewhat of the Arabians. 1670Capt. J. Smith Eng. Improv. Reviv'd 32 All Earth simple or compound doth participate with the Clime wherein it lieth.
c. To have something (of a quality); † also (quot. 1594) to contain some (of a substance): = partake 4 d. Const. of, † with.
1578Banister Hist. Man viii. 103 This fift Muscle, participating with the propertie of euery action. 1589Pasquil's Ret. B iv, Your abode in England hath made you participate with the nature of an Englishman. 1594Plat Jewell-ho. i. 10 Not any one thing in the worlde, which dooeth not participate of this salt. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iii. §33. 139 Such a force as participating of order, proceeds as it were methodically. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 90 ⁋14 Both members participate of harmony. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 113 The participle..derives its name from its participating, not only of the properties of a verb, but also of those of an adjective.
Hence parˈticipated ppl. a., parˈticipating vbl. n. and ppl. a. (spec. profit-sharing), parˈticipatingly adv.
1561in Strype Ann. Ref. (1709) I. i. xxiv. 244 A great part..forbear coming to church, and participating of the Sacraments. 1614Jackson Creed iii. xxix. §7 Any inherent or participated splendor. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 294 Absurdities of a middle and participating nature. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. xiii. 520 A certain participated similitude of the increated Light. 1762R. Guy Pract. Obs. Cancers 15 Signs of their participating of the Disease. 188119th Cent. May 805 The great majority of participating houses combine the two systems. 1845Blackw. Mag. LVII. 385 As if [Shakspere] had stood personally, confidentially, participatingly present in the heart of all human transactions. 1930Daily Express 6 Nov. 14/3 The dividend on the Participating Preferred Ordinary shares is again made up to the maximum of 9 per cent. by the recommendation of a final dividend of 51/4 per cent. 1952Prentice-Hall Encycl. Dict. Business 458/1 Participating insurance is a plan of insurance under which the policyholder receives dividends from his insurance company. Ibid. 626/1 Participating preferred stock gives the stockholder the right to receive dividends beyond the fixed rate. Ibid. 626/2 A company with two kinds of preferred stock might have one class participating, and the other non-participating. 1957Clark & Gottfried Dict. Business & Finance 268/2 Practically all mutual insurance company policies, and some stock insurance company policies, are participating policies. Ibid. 337/1 Typically the participating stock receives dividends at a fixed rate, after which the common stock receives the excess up to a given amount. 1959L. E. Davids Dict. Insurance 158 Participating insurance, insurance on which the policyholder is entitled to share in the surplus earnings of the company through dividends which reflect the difference between the premium charged and actual experience. 1964Lebende Sprachen IX. 100/2 Participating bonds share in the profits of the insuring company in addition to receiving a fixed rate of interest. 1974Terminol. Managem. & Financial Accountancy (Inst. Cost and Managem. Accountants) 61 Participating preference shares, shares which usually entitle the holder to a fixed dividend, and to participate in any surplus profits after payment of dividends at a specified rate on the ordinary share. |