participateadj.n.
/pɑːˈtɪsᵻpeɪt/, U.S. /pɑrˈtɪsᵻˌpeɪt/ Now rare.† B. n.
A. adj.† 2. Shared. Obsolete. rare.
1. Made to share; that participates or shares; = participant adj. 1.In later use, chiefly in technical contexts.
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the mind > possession > sharing > [adjective] > made to share
participatec1475
c1475 Mankind (1969) 190 (MED) I hope onto hys blysse ye be all predestynatt; Euery man for hys degre I trust xall be partycypatt, Yf we wyll mortyfye owr carnall condycyon.
a1586 Balade Consolatoir in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS. (1919) I. clxx. 420 For quha with christ crawis to communicat The cairfull croce mon carie..And participat Suffer Inwy necessitie and neid [etc.].
1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 20 To be participate of the fraude of the Fox as well as the force of the Lion.
1840 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. VII. 437 According to Morton's notions, being art and part, or participate in any action or crime, was a totally different thing from being privy to it.
1895 E. Adam Rep. Cases High Court Justiciary 1893–5 1 209 He was participate in, or an eye-witness of, a flagrant crime.
1908 10th Biennial Rep. Superintendent Public Instr. (State of N. Dakota) 22 The course of study of the rural school should be participate in the enrichment to be brought about thru the introduction of the vocational or industrial element.
1969 J. M. Ziman Elements Adv. Quantum Theory vii. 214 The symbols S, T, etc. that we use for the various operations must satisfy certain formal self-consistency rules if they are to be participate in algebraic formulae.
1994 Accountancy Sept. 16/1 (advt.) Undertaking Financial Audits..requires a versatile, participate individual who is a keen team player.
2005 R. S. Parker in T. A. Corales Trends Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Res. iv. 67 Chemical signalling systems through the blood, vagus nerve, and cerebrospinal fluid are participate along with the nervous system.
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the mind > possession > sharing > [adjective] > shared
i-menec1000
meanOE
ymonec1275
commonc1300
communicant?a1425
joint1424
communicate1561
shared1598
meta1631
intercommoneda1774
participate1850
1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 417 Well has he been named II Beato and Angelico whose life was 'participate with angels' even in this world!
A participant; an associate, confederate, or supporter. Obsolete. rare.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > participation in common interest > one who participates
party1399
member?a1560
intercommoner1581
fellow commoner1591
participate1648
1648 O. Cromwell in H. Cary Memorials Great Civil War (1842) II. 19 The committee of estates, which I supposed did consist of the earl of Lanerick and his participates.
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participatev.
/pɑːˈtɪsᵻpeɪt/, U.S. /pɑrˈtɪsᵻˌpeɪt/ 1. † b. transitive. To take or have a part or share of or in; to share in; to possess or enjoy in common with another or others; = partake v. 1a. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To take part; to have a part or share with a person, in (formerly also †of) a thing; to share. Cf. partake v. 1b.No longer used of material things.
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the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (intransitive)]
scot?c1225
deal1297
partc1300
to take partc1384
departc1440
skair1462
impart1471
participate1531
communicate1541
to part stakes (also shares)1553
boot1554
partake1561
intercommune1601
copart1637
to go sharers1644
to run shares1644
intervene1646
go1653
to go a share1655
to share and share alike (formerly also like)1656
to go shares1658
to go share and share alikea1661
to go snips (or snip)1671
to go snacks (or snack)1693
to club one's shares1814
to cut in1890
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be involved in or have to do with something
entermetec1300
to make (a) market1340
meddlec1390
to do with ——a1400
mell1416
intermeddle1477
intermell1480
to have art or (and) part ina1500
participate1531
to have a finger (also hand) in the pie?1553
tigc1598
get1727
concern1791
involve1843
to mix up1882
tew1891
to screw with ——1973
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)] > participate
common1357
to take partc1384
communea1393
participe1511
participate1531
join1560
share1570
to bear a part1596
intercommon1626
to join in1785
to be in it1819
to stand in1858
to get into (also in on) the act1947
(to be) in on the act1951
to muck in1952
to opt in1966
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. i. sig. A5 The slouthfull or idell persone, do nat participate with hym that is industrious, and taketh payne.
1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 362 To draw in strangearis..to participat with thame in thair attemptattis.
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. lii. 68 The Manichean Heretikes saide there was but one soule of all or vniuersall thinges..: but that they did lesse participate whiche seemed vnto vs without soule, and more the liuinge, but muche more the heauenly.
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. xxii. 212/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Our red and fallow deere will not let to participat thereof [sc. mast] with our hogges.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xviii. 161 Some, that are kinder to the government of an assembly, whereof they may hope to participate, than of monarchy, which they despair to enjoy.
1699 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 548 His aunt, who participated of the same dose,..is like to recover.
1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. iv. 351 'Tis only by a fiction of the imagination, by which the unchangeable object is suppos'd to participate of the changes of the co-existent objects.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. ii. 97 Their eagerness to participate of the same favours, removed all their fears.
1809 S. Smith Serm. I. 64 Fourteen or fifteen youths, who have long participated of your bounty.
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xvii. 415 I am sure I most heartily participated in such feelings.
1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. v. 120 One member of the human body has to bear the burden and participate in the grief of another.
1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. of Art xiv. 315 It is a labour in which he invites the community to participate; for their function as audience is not passively to accept his work, but to do it over again for themselves.
1948 Life 6 Sept. 59/1 There is not an adolescent in Madison who does not have a project near his home in which he can participate with other youngsters of his age.
1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of Vanities xxv. 490 There was no requirement that the minority firm actually sell any of the bonds or even receive them... It was only necessary for the firm to participate in the issue.
2001 N.Y. Mag. 19 Nov. 34/2 Many students also participate in..weekly satsangs (devotional gatherings).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (transitive)]
dealOE
partc1330
skair1462
parten1508
usurpa1513
communicatea1530
participate1531
partake1563
impart1581
reciprocate1611
copart1613
share1613
to take share of (something)1678
1531 T. Elyot Gouernour iii. xxiii. sig. gvv The one [sc. the soul] we participate with goddes, the other [sc. the body] with bestes.
1587 A. Day tr. Longus Daphnis (1890) i. 32 Nor did they at all participate anye part of the frawde.
?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads ix. 168 Since halfe my honor and my Realme, thou maist paticipate.
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1644) i. iii. 67 The greater the Triumphs of a Conquerour are, the greater also are his Armies, because then more and more concur to his splendor, and to praticipate [sic] his fortunes.
1756 G. Washington Let. 22 Apr. in Writings (1931) I. 325 I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings.
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 300 Do thy fair tribes participate her pain?
1785 Independent Jrnl. & Gen. Advertiser 25 June And that he may participate the Public kindness, [he] has provided a supply of the best Stone, with which he will execute as neat work, and on as reasonable terms as any.
1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iii. viii. 233 Dione..is said to have participated with Jupiter the incense burnt at the temple of Dodona.
1847 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath (1848) iv. 118 This ‘general assembly’ is not called to behold or to participate combat.
1886 C. M. Yonge Chantry House II. ii. 18 She found him the only person who could thoroughly participate her feeling.
a. intransitive. To have or possess a share of a quality. Also: to contain or comprise a certain amount of a substance. In early use also with with. Cf. partake v. 2d, 2e. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > be composed of or consist of [verb (transitive)] > contain as a constituent part
haveeOE
participate1531
contain1756
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. ix. sig. b4v But of a refuse company, and rather to be rekned with bestes sauage, than amonge men whiche do participate with reason.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man viii. f. 102v This fift Muscle, participatyng with the propertie of euery action.
1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Biv Your abode in England hath made you participate with the nature of an Englishman.
1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 10 in Jewell House Not any one thing in the worlde, which dooeth not participate of this salt.
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece 26 If the horse participate more of the aire than of the other elements,..his colour is either bright bay, or darke bay.
1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 380 The left side..necessarily participates more of the Vegetative Vertue then any other member of the exteriour Cataphragm.
1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 161 Volne, a pale Champagne, but exceeding brisk upon the Palate..is said to grow upon the very borders of Burgundy, and to participate of the Excellency of both Counties.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 90. ⁋14 Both members participate of harmony.
1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xiv. 255 In general, their existence appears to participate more of sensation than reflection.
1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 40 The Participle..derives its name from its participating, not only of the properties of a verb, but also of those of an adjective.
1820 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 1 39 A Meniscus Lens, participates of the properties as well as the forms of both the convex and concave lenses.
b. intransitive. To share the qualities or characteristics of a person or thing; to have something in common with a person or thing. Cf. partake v. 2c. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > share the nature of
participate1531
to have (something) in common1538
partakec1585
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxiii. sig. g5v An othe parte wherin man doth participate with all other thynges lyuinge, whiche is called sensitife.
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) f. 39 The sprynge tyme doeth participate the fyrste parte with wynter, the later parte with Sommer.
1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 139v It was double in kind, participating both of the man & woman.
1615 N. Breton Char. vpon Ess. 19 It [sc. love] simpathies with life, and participates with light, when the eye of the minde sees the ioy of the heart.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Ooo6 The people..in their persons, habit, and Religion, participate somewhat of the Arabians.
1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 32 All Earth simple or compound doth participate with the Clime wherein it lieth.
1715 A. Pope Ess. Homer iii. 52 His Ulysses who is magnificent and flowing, his Menelaus who is short and close, and his Nestor who is moderate and dispassion'd and has a kind of middle Eloquence participating of both the former.
a. transitive. To share (a thing) with others; to share out. Hence: to communicate or impart (information) to, unto; to make known. Cf. partake v. 2. Obsolete.
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society > communication > [verb (transitive)]
showc1175
conveyc1386
directa1400
address1490
communicate1529
participate1531
import1565
discourse1591
tradit1657
to set out1695
trajecta1711
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > give a share of
partc1330
participate1531
partake1561
share1592
to give (a person) a show of1788
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > give a person a share
participate1531
to cut in1924
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. xiii. sig. Xv One as desirously will participate with his frende all his good fortune or substaunce.
1567 in W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1759) II. App. 37 I have participat the contents thereof to such as I thought meet.
1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 4v A friende and neighbor of ours, who often time participates the profit of his sports with my Son.
1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 8 A matter, which my Father..participated vnto me a fewe yeeres before his death.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. iv. 323 God Almighty must be called in to distribute and participate the portions of this Mental Nature.
1707 J. Freind Acct. Earl of Peterborow's Conduct in Spain 203 I have resolved..to write and participate to you this Opportunity.
b. transitive. To give or impart (a character) to. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > impart
lendOE
common1340
parta1382
conveyc1386
impart1477
give1481
imprint1526
communicate1534
partake1561
impute1594
participate1598
communea1616
stamp1641
shove?a1650
conne1674
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Thesaurarye Instruments Chirurg. in Frenche Chirurg. f. 10v/1 The Insculptor, or Ingravere..hath participated some propre, and perpolite fashone to the handle.
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the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (transitive)] > make to share
participate1597
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xxi. 320 Hee vsed..to maintain heards of whores with whom he participated his friends and seruants.
Derivatives
parˈticipated adj. now rare shared.
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society > communication > [adjective] > communicated
communicated1610
participated1614
communicatea1733
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [adjective] > dividing and sharing > divided and shared
ydeled1297
parted1596
participated1614
divideda1616
dividual1667
1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xxix. §7 Any inherent or participated splendor.
1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. xiii. 520 A certain participated similitude of the increated Light.
1793 J. Thelwall Peripatetic II. 57 A louring, selfish, sullen wight, Who scowling flies from human sight, Nor ever heav'd the social sigh, Nor knew participated joy.
1833 C. Lamb Wedding in Last Ess. Elia 197 In the participated socialities of the little community, I lay down for a brief while my solitary bachelorship.
2002 Credit Union Mag. (Nexis) Nov. 79 A participated loan isn't a joint loan, particularly among credit unions, because the borrower would only be a member of the lead credit union lender.
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