Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAR-TIC'I-PATE, v.i. [L. participo; pars, part, and capio, to take.]

1. To partake; to have a share in common with others. The heart of sensibility participates in the sufferings of a friend. It is sometimes followed by of. He would participate of their wants. – Hayward.
2. To have part of more things than one. Few creatures participate of the nature of plants and metals both. – Bacon.