Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Participate \Par*tic"i*pate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Participated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Participating}.]
   To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to
   partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate
   in a debate. --Shak.

         So would he participateof their wants.   --Hayward.

         Mine may come when men With angels may participate.
                                                  --Milton.