Associations to the word «Participate»

Wiktionary

PARTICIPATE, verb. (intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something). [from 16th c.]
PARTICIPATE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To share, share in (something). [16th-19th c.]
PARTICIPATE, verb. (obsolete) To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others. [16th-18th c.]
PARTICIPATE, adjective. (obsolete) Acting in common; participating.

Dictionary definition

PARTICIPATE, verb. Share in something.
PARTICIPATE, verb. Become a participant; be involved in; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky