Defn: Communicating. [R.] Coleridge.
COMMUNICATE
Com*mu"ni*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Communicated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Communicating.] Etym: [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 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. — 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.