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Communicate

//kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Communicated, (made) commune, joined. obsolete

    "The property of the manhood is communicate with the other nature."

Verb
  1. 1
    To impart.; To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. transitive

    "It is vital that I communicate this information to you."

  2. 2
    transmit thoughts or feelings wordnet
  3. 3
    To impart.; To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of. transitive

    "to communicate motion by means of a crank"

  4. 4
    transmit information wordnet
  5. 5
    To impart.; To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc. transitive

    "The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin."

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  1. 6
    receive Communion, in the Catholic church wordnet
  2. 7
    To share; To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. obsolete, transitive

    "We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts."

  3. 8
    administer Communion; in church wordnet
  4. 9
    To share; To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. intransitive

    "It seems that now [the Devil] was driving Alison hard. She had been remiss of late—fewer souls sent to hell, less zeal in quenching the Spirit, and, above all, the crowning offense that her bairn had communicated in Christ's kirk."

  5. 10
    be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas wordnet
  6. 11
    To share; To administer the Holy Communion to (someone). transitive

    "[W]hen ſhe [the church] can underſtand that ſuch an emendation is made, and the man is really reformed, ſhe can pronounce him pardon'd, or vvhich is all one, ſhe may communicate him."

  7. 12
    join or connect wordnet
  8. 13
    To share; To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. intransitive

    "Many deaf people communicate with sign language."

  9. 14
    transfer to another wordnet
  10. 15
    To share; To be connected by means of an opening or channel [with with ‘another room, vessel etc.’]. intransitive

    "The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicāt- (past participial stem of commūnicō (“share, impart; make common”)) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from commūnis (“common”) + -icō. Compare French communiquer and its older (and now obsolete) English cognate from Middle French, communique.

Etymology 2

From Middle English communicate, an adapted borrowing of Latin commūnicātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect passive participle of commūnicō (“to make commune”).

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