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participate

par·ti·ci·pate

UK/pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ US/pɑɹˈtɪs.əˌpeɪt/ fairly common

verb

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become a participant; be involved in

  • “enter a race”
  • “enter an agreement”
  • “enter a drug treatment program”
  • “enter negotiations”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin participātus, the perfect passive participle of participō (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from particeps (“taking part (in), sharing (in); someone who takes part (in)”, particip- in compounds), from pars (“part”, part- in compounds) + -ceps (“which takes, taker”), literally “(someone) who takes part”; see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb.

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