Participated vs Agonistic - What's the difference?
participated | agonistic |
(participate)
To join in, to take part, to involve oneself ((in) something).
(obsolete) To share, share in (something).
* 1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , I:
(obsolete) To share (something) (with) others; to transfer (something) (to) or (unto) others.
* 1662 , Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World , II:
(obsolete) Acting in common; participating.
* 1608 , , I. i. 101:
Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
(zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
* 2006 , Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation , Atlantic Books 2007, p. 66:
(rhetoric) Argumentative, combative.
(pharmacology) Pertaining to an agonist.
As a verb participated
is past tense of participate.As an adjective agonistic is
of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.participated
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Verb
(head)participate
English
Verb
(participat)- they seldome feed together, lest they might participate one anothers impurity: each has his owne cup [...].
- Make the Earth [...] turn round its own axis in twenty four hours, and towards the same point with all the other Spheres; and without participating this same motion to any other Planet or Star.
Adjective
(-)- And, mutually participate , did minister / Unto the appetite and affection common / Of the whole body.
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Adjective
(en adjective)- This was clearly such an event, but like the ancient religion of Israel, it was also deeply agonistic .
