3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Communicate  \Com*mu"ni*cate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Communicated};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Communicating}.]  [L. 
  communicatus  p.  p.  of  communicare  to  communicate,  fr 
  communis  common.  See  {Commune},  v.  i.] 
  1.  To  share  in  common;  to  participate  in  [Obs.] 
 
  To  thousands  that  communicate  our  loss  --B.  Jonson 
 
  2.  To  impart;  to  bestow;  to  convey;  as  to  communicate  a 
  disease  or  a  sensation;  to  communicate  motion  by  means  of 
  a  crank. 
 
  Where  God  is  worshiped,  there  he  communicates  his 
  blessings  and  holy  influences.  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  3.  To  make  known  to  recount;  to  give  to  impart;  as  to 
  communicate  information  to  any  one 
 
  4.  To  administer  the  communion  to  [R.] 
 
  She  [the  church]  .  .  .  may  communicate  him  --Jer. 
  Taylor. 
 
  Note:  This  verb  was  formerly  followed  by  with  before  the 
  person  receiving,  but  now  usually  takes  to  after  it 
 
  He  communicated  those  thoughts  only  with  the  Lord 
  Digby  --Clarendon. 
 
  Syn:  To  impart;  bestow;  confer;  reveal;  disclose;  tell 
  announce;  recount;  make  known 
 
  Usage:  To  {Communicate},  {Impart},  {Reveal}.  Communicate  is 
  the  more  general  term,  and  denotes  the  allowing  of 
  others  to  partake  or  enjoy  in  common  with  ourselves 
  Impart  is  more  specific.  It  is  giving  to  others  a  part 
  of  what  we  had  held  as  our  own  or  making  them  our 
  partners;  as  to  impart  our  feelings;  to  impart  of  our 
  property,  etc  Hence  there  is  something  more  intimate 
  in  imparting  intelligence  than  in  communicating  it  To 
  reveal  is  to  disclose  something  hidden  or  concealed; 
  as  to  reveal  a  secret. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Communicate  \Com*mu"ni*cate\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  share  or  participate;  to  possess  or  enjoy  in  common;  to 
  have  sympathy. 
 
  Ye  did  communicate  with  my  affliction.  --Philip.  iv 
  4. 
 
  2.  To  give  alms,  sympathy,  or  aid. 
 
  To  do  good  and  to  communicate  forget  not  --Heb. 
  xiii.  16. 
 
  3.  To  have  intercourse  or  to  be  the  means  of  intercourse;  as 
  to  communicate  with  another  on  business;  to  be  connected; 
  as  a  communicating  artery. 
 
  Subjects  suffered  to  communicate  and  to  have 
  intercourse  of  traffic.  --Hakluyt. 
 
  The  whole  body  is  nothing  but  a  system  of  such 
  canals,  which  all  communicate  with  one  another. 
  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  4.  To  partake  of  the  Lord's  supper;  to  commune. 
 
  The  primitive  Christians  communicated  every  day 
  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  communicate 
  v  1:  let  know  pass  information  on  (to  someone);  "Please 
  communicate  this  message  to  all  employees"  [syn:  {pass 
  on},  {pass},  {put  across}] 
  2:  transmit  thoughts  or  feelings;  "He  communicated  his 
  anxieties  to  the  psychiatrist"  [syn:  {intercommunicate}] 
  3:  transfer  or  deliver  to  another,  as  of  information;  "convey 
  the  news  to  everyone"  [syn:  {convey},  {transmit}] 
  4:  join  or  connect;  "The  rooms  communicated" 
  5:  administer  communion;  in  church  [ant:  {excommunicate}] 
  6:  receive  Communion,  in  the  Catholic  church  [syn:  {commune}] 

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