Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAR-TIC-I-PA'TION
PAR-TIC'I-PA-TINGPAR-TIC'I-PA-TIVE
PAR-TIC-I-PA'TION, n.
- The state of sharing in common with others; as, a participation of joys or sorrows.
- The act or state of receiving or having part of something. Those deities are so by participation, and subordinate to the Supreme. – Stillingfleet.
- Distribution; division into shares. – Ralegh.
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