participate

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
2. (obsolete) To share, to take part in (something).
3. (obsolete) To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.

Adj

Acting in common; participating.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pɑːˈtɪsɪpeɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

From the participle stem of Latin participare (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”), from particeps (“taking part in, sharing in”), from pars (“part”) + capiō (“to take”); see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb.