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Webster 1913 Edition
Communicate
Com-mu′ni-cate
(kŏm-mū′nĭ-kāt )
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Communicated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Communicating
.] 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 crankWhere 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 one4.
To administer the communion to.
[R.]
She [the church] . . . may
communicate
him. Jer. Taylor.
☞ This verb was formerly followed by with before the person receiving, but now usually takes to after it.
Syn. – To impart; bestow; confer; reveal; disclose; tell; announce; recount; make known.
– 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. Com-mu′ni-cate
,Verb.
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
; to be connected; communicate
with another on businessas, a
. communicating
arterySubjects 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Communicate
COMMUNICATE
, v.t.1.
To impart; to give to another, as a partaker; to confer for joint possession; to bestow, as that which the receiver is to hold, retain, use or enjoy; with to.Where God is worshiped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences.
Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teacheth in all good things. Gal. 6.
2.
To impart reciprocally, or mutually; to have or enjoy a share of; followed by with.Common benefits are to be communicated with all, but peculiar benefits with choice.
But Diamede desires my company,
And still communicates his praise with me.
3.
To impart, as knowledge; to reveal; to give, as information, either by words, signs or signals; as, to communicate intelligence, news, opinions, or facts.Formerly this verb had with before the person receiving; as, he communicated those thoughts only with the Lord Digby. Clarendon. But now it has to only.
4.
To deliver, as to communicate a message; to give, as to communicate motion.COMMUNICATE
, v.i.1.
To partake of the Lords supper. Instead of this, in America, at least in New England, commune is generally or always used.2.
To have a communication or passage from one to another; to have the means of passing from one to another; as, two houses communicate with each other; a fortress communicates with the country; the canals of the body communicate with each other.3.
To have intercourse; applied to persons.4.
To have, enjoy or suffer reciprocally; to have a share with another.Ye have done well that ye did communicate with my affliction. Phil. 4.
Definition 2024
communicate
communicate
English
Verb
communicate (third-person singular simple present communicates, present participle communicating, simple past and past participle communicated)
- To impart
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]
- It is vital that I communicate this information to you.
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of. [from 16th c.]
- to communicate motion by means of a crank
- Jeremy Taylor
- Where God is worshipped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences.
- (transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc. [from 17th c.]
- The disease was mainly communicated via rats and other vermin.
- (transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]
- To share
- (transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. [16th-19th c.]
- We shall now consider those functions of intelligence which man communicates with the higher beasts.
- Ben Jonson
- thousands that communicate our loss
- (intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. [from 16th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 148:
- The ‘better sort’ might communicate on a separate day; and in some parishes even the quality of the communion wine varied with the social quality of the recipients.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 148:
- (transitive, Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone). [from 16th c.]
- Jeremy Taylor
- She [the church] […] may communicate him.
- Jeremy Taylor
- (intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]
- Many deaf people communicate with sign language.
- I feel I hardly know him; I just wish he'd communicate with me a little more.
- (intransitive) To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel. [from 16th c.]
- The living room communicates with the back garden by these French windows.
- (transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of. [16th-19th c.]
Hyponyms
- See also Wikisaurus:communicate
Related terms
Translations
to impart information or knowledge of; to make known, to tell
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to receive or take part in Holy Communion
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to express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means
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