(intransitive) To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
(obsolete, transitive) To share, to take part in (something).
(obsolete) To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.
1661, Thomas Salusbury, Galilaeus Galilaeus Lyncaeus, His Systeme of the World, Second Dialogue, in Mathematical Collections and Translations, London, p. 105,
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, all shall have their risings, settings, and in a word, all their other appearances.