participate

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
participate /pɑːˈtɪsɪpeɪt/

▶verb

• 1 (often participate in) be involved; take part.

• 2 (participate of) archaic partake of (a quality).

– derivatives
participation noun,
participative adjective,
participator noun,
participatory adjective.

– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as participation): from L. participat-, participare ‘share in’, based on pars, part- ‘part’ + capere ‘take’.