Communicate \Com*mu"ni*cate\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]"n[i^]*k[=a]t ), 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.
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.
"We want you to communicate our concerns to the British government and we request that you advise us of the steps being undertaken by the U.S. government to adress the profound policy implications raised by this egregious deal," the letter said.
"You can't communicate with your friends and tell them how you feel inside a box," Munson said.
You communicate in a thousand different ways what are the values of the company.' Mr Fitzpatrick says he leads by example.
He saw himself as part of the political process, helping the politicians and the public to communicate with each other.
At Simon malls, some maintenance workers carry walkie-talkies to communicate with security guards.
The computers will be linked so judges can communicate with each other and with court administrators.
If they wish to communicate vital information rapidly, they speak English.
Through them we communicate the quality of our products to consumers.
The new baby behaves oddly; she is curiously self-absorbed and, when she grows, seems unable - or perhaps unwilling - to communicate with other people.
There was no obvious way to free her." Dalsey said the woman was going into shock, unable to communicate with the physicians.
There is no way to communicate impaired or coloured judgment.
The bottom line is becoming, if you want somebody to communicate with your children, get Jesse.
"We can communicate to them that Carl Rowan Jr., who owned the gun, tried everything in his power to get the gun registered. District officials did not allow him to do it," Carroll said.
I will be prepared not only because of my service in the Congress, but because of my ability to communicate and to lead.
It is only relevant in the individual imaginations of the young, in its ability to communicate on behalf of the incoherent and the illiterate.
We cannot communicate with our flight attendants.
Passengers spoke of chaos as the fire spread through the ship, and little help from the crew who could not communicate with them. Lifeboats were left dangling on the ship and life jackets were unavailable, they said.
When the president last week came under pressure from the Gaullists to resign, he turned to two trusty Socialists to communicate his views.
Those who do still communicate argue vehemently over such issues as whether to back a gold standard or how to reform Social Security.
As Mr. West, the GOP minister, puts it: "You have to be an effective communicator, but you've got to have something real meaningful to communicate."
Goodyear has taken precautions so that tires communicate with the driver on different frequencies from each other. That prevents tires from giving conflicting advice or bickering among themselves.
He generally uses hand signals to communicate his statements to his spokesman, who speaks to the press.
They boast new abilities to link up in networks, and a standard design lets rival brands communicate easily.
I praise God," said his mother, Myrtice Collins. "He just wants to talk and talk and talk." She said he previously would get depressed and refuse to communicate at all, even with the computer or sign language.
These staffers blame an inability to communicate with Ms. Warwick and a perception that the administrator isn't interested in pursuing further insider cases.
Besides offering the comfort of "having it spelled out in a document," and the freedom to communicate despite time differences, faxing promotes a "much more direct" exchange, says Craig Murphy, a professor of political science at Wellesley College.
She has difficulty speaking and uses a special device to communicate.
Doctors in the Newfoundland capital said the woman indicated she was a severely handicapped 14-year-old with a life-threatening muscle disease that left her unable to walk or talk, though she could communicate through sign language.
'Their ability to supply and communicate with their troops is being severely stretched,' one diplomat said. Approaching Pailin from the east, troops armed with chainsaws, bulldozers and heavy military trucks literally cut a new road through the jungle.
"These are two lovers who communicate through their letters," Gurney says. "They are both liberated and trapped in their own mail.