Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PARTICIPATES
Verb
participates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of participate
Source: Wiktionary
PARTICIPATE
Par*tic"i*pate, a. Etym: [L. participatus, p.p. of participare to participate; pars, partis, part + capere to take. See Part, and Capacious.]
Definition: Acting in common; participating. [R.] Shak.
Par*tic"i*pate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Participated; p. pr. & vb. n. Participating.]
Definition: Tj 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.
Par*tic"i*pate, v. t.
1. To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of. [R.] Fit to participate all rational delight. Milton.
2. To impart, or give, or share of. [Obs.] Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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