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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.
more about communicated
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