01 v. t. To share in common; to participate in.
imp. & p. p.
Communicated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Communicating
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1.
To share in common; to participate in.[Obs.]“To thousands that communicate our loss.” — B. Jonson
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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.
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3.
To make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one.
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4.
To administer the communion to.[R.]“She [the church] . . . may communicate him.” — Jer. Taylor.“He communicated those thoughts only with the Lord Digby.” — Clarendon.
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.