† communicateadj.
Obsolete.
= communicated adj. at communicate v. Derivatives.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > sharing > [adjective] > shared
i-menec1000
meanOE
ymonec1275
commonc1300
communicant?a1425
joint1424
communicate1561
shared1598
meta1631
intercommoneda1774
participate1850
society > communication > [adjective] > communicated
communicated1610
participated1614
communicatea1733
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 132 (MED) Somtyme forsoþ it [sc. humour] descendeþ fro þe stomac & brayne in fourme of fume..And þan..it is seid to be made of a cause coniuncte or communicate.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) ii. xiv. 226 The property of the manhood is communicate with the other nature.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. vi. 11 Communicate Matter is that which is participable to the Plot together with other Places.
a1733 D. Wilcox 64 Pract. Serm. (1744) II. xxii. 418 Has he the Holy Ghost in his various gifts and graces, and this to bestow as a communicate head?
1893 W. Allingham Varieties in Prose III. 260 Art..gives a natural scope, and lasting experience, to Genius. Artists are men of a communicate genius.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
communicatev.
/kəˈmjuːnᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /kəˈmjunəˌkeɪt/ I. Senses relating principally to the transmission or imparting of something.† 3. transitive. To give or offer (a material object); to bestow. Obsolete.† 4. transitive. To give or bestow (a name, esp. one's own) to be used by another person; to give a wider application to. Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To impart (information, knowledge, or the like) (to a person; also formerly †with); to impart the knowledge or idea of (something), to inform a person of; to convey, express; to give an impression of, put across. Formerly also intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > [verb (transitive)]
showc1175
conveyc1386
directa1400
address1490
communicate1529
participate1531
import1565
discourse1591
tradit1657
to set out1695
trajecta1711
1529 T. Wolsey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) II. 2 I wold nut onely commynycat thyngs unto you, wherin, etc.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 313 He wolde..haue communicate this secreate to his owne contrey men.
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. I will communicate it with the studious of Physick.
1611 Bible (King James) Gal. ii. 2 I..communicated vnto them that Gospel, which I preach. View more context for this quotation
1672 T. Shadwell Miser v. i. 76 Come prethee communicate, let's see the labour of thy Muse.
1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 335 Doctrines..communicated down from hand to hand by Immemorial Tradition.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub i. 48 The Discovery he made, and communicated with his Friends.
1757 S. Foote Author i. 9 You may communicate; this gentleman is a Friend.
1803 Ld. Nelson Let. 29 Dec. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 336 The Queen..would hardly commit herself in communicating secrets to a Frenchman.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. ix. 272 The result of his observations was communicated to Prof. Jameson.
1882 Catholic World July 511 It was communicated to her in confidence.
1913 Times 13 June 3/6 The debtor communicated to his brother his intention of going to Russia.
1978 Economist (Nexis) 26 Aug. 97 This book..vividly communicates its author's enthusiasms.
1989 J. Gardam Showing Flag (1990) 12 She felt nothing to have properly occurred unless she had communicated it in writing.
2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics i. 54 Her brand of acoustic Afropop..speaks of the tragedy of her homeland,..always with an optimistic attitude that communicates her love of life.
b. transitive. To impart by way of information to a learned society, the readers of a journal, etc.; to submit (a paper or article). Cf. communication n. 7b.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > news or tidings > bring (news) [verb (transitive)] > by means of a journal, etc.
communicate1665
1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 10 By the same Noble person was lately communicated to the Royal Society an Account of a very Odd Monstrous Birth.
1750 Mem. Royal Acad. Surg. Paris II. 522 In the same Journal we find two observations, communicated by M. Jobert.
1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) I. 567 I should be glad to communicate some answer.
1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 417/2 A Mr. J. Spotswood Wilson has communicated a paper on ‘The General and Gradual Desiccation of the earth and Atmosphere’.
1905 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 44 32 Five years ago I communicated an article to the society.
1996 Science 271 1063/2 Academy members no longer must declare whether they have a conflict of interest when they communicate a paper.
c. transitive (reflexive). To express oneself; to convey one's ideas or personality.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > expression > [verb (reflexive)]
express1549
convey1641
vent1650
to throw out1658
communicate1837
1837 R. P. Ward Illustr. Human Life II. 69 His conversation is so delightful;..his classical knowledge and taste are so good, and his mode of communicating himself so clear.
1891 R. Kipling & W. Balestier in Cent. Mag. Nov. 37/1 She could not say much in reply. She had no such gift of communicating herself as Tarvin.
1954 E. K. Bennett Stefan George i. 12 The greater his conviction and assurance of the rightness and importance of his ideal, the more selective he will be in choosing those to whom he communicates himself.
1982 Times 23 Mar. 8/6 The gift of being able to communicate himself, by passion, vulnerability, warmth, humility and conviction.
2006 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 29 July (Sport section) What hurt most was probably that I didn't communicate myself very well to them.
d. intransitive. To convey one's thoughts, feelings, etc., successfully or effectively; to gain understanding or sympathy. Also in extended use, of a work of art, literature, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > [verb (intransitive)] > successfully
to get across1913
to get over1918
connect1942
to come over1946
communicate1959
1959 Listener 2 July 27/1 They buy only pictures that will communicate readily.
1962 Listener 22 Feb. 324/2 The spectacle is of the artist doubtful about himself, his social role, his own ends, his power to communicate.
1968 Listener 8 Aug. 185/3 One of the few serious western composers capable of communicating to honest-to-goodness music-lovers.
1990 Atlantic Dec. 100/2 His strength is magnified by his ability to communicate, which is of Reaganesque dimensions.
2007 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Dec. 36 [He] seemed at last to relax and play with the conviction of a pianist born to communicate.
2. transitive. gen. To impart or transmit (something intangible or abstract, as light, heat, motion, a quality, feeling, etc.); to give a share of. Also reflexive with the quality, etc., as subject.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > transmit
transmita1400
transmise1480
convey1528
communicate1534
demise1597
transmissa1643
the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > impart
lendOE
common1340
parta1382
conveyc1386
impart1477
give1481
imprint1526
communicate1534
partake1561
impute1594
participate1598
communea1616
stamp1641
shove?a1650
conne1674
1534 T. Elyot in tr. Swete & Devoute Serm. Pref. sig. A.iiiv I..loue you..for your perseuerance in vertu & warkes of true faith, praieng you to communicate it with our two susters religiouse Dorothe & Alianour.
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 13 Hee communicateth vnto vs as much celestiall and heauenly light as is needefull.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlv. 353 The Græcians..communicated their Language..into Asia.
1653 H. More Antidote Atheism (1662) 151 Nor [can] Motion be communicated but by Impulse.
1725 in H. Foley Rec. Eng. Province Soc. Jesus VII. Introd. p. xl From thence it [sc. the fire] communicated itself to the great square, or new building of the College on both sides.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 204. ⁋5 Eminently qualified to receive or communicate pleasure.
1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xxvii. 320 We must double the diameter of one of the wheels by which the force is communicated, in order to give the millstone the desired velocity.
1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 125 It has a disagreeable odour which it communicates to the fingers.
1939 A. Powell What's become of Waring ii. 44 The stagnant character of those streets seemed to communicate itself to one's limbs.
1990 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 134 4 Even stronger, and much more lasting, is the overwhelming desire to communicate pleasure.
2005 L. Randall Warped Passages xvi. 323 One of these particles..is a gauge boson that can communicate a force.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)]
forgivec900
giveOE
besetc1230
deala1250
i-yevec1275
to give (requite, etc.) into one's bosomc1386
yarka1400
wevec1400
yatec1400
administera1425
bequeathc1440
employa1492
exhibit1548
communicate1553
endue1587
cast1612
hand1650
to lay on1942
1553 T. Paynell tr. Dares Faythfull & True Storye Destr. Troye sig. Hvij v I opened my gate vnto him & voluntariously communicated al yt I had.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 50 [He] did communicate one of the plants thereof vnto Clusius.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. vi. 107 Sometimes, Kings did..communicate their robes to be worn by their Favorites.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶2 If I would, they should tell us our Fortunes... We rid up and communicated our Hands to them [sc. the Gypsies].
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) II. 5 The latter [sc. the miser] is indeed obliged to bid adieu to what he communicates.
1778 A. Smith Let. 24 Nov. (1977) clxxxvi. 236 When Mr. Sinclair comes to Edinburgh I shall be very happy to communicate to him not only that book, but everything else I have upon the subject.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > bestow as name to be shared
communicate1556
1556 J. Standish Triall Supremacy sig. Iii Peter..had a name geuen which was deriued out of christes owne name..so that christ did communicate his owne name to Peter.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 86 Wisedome; a name peculiarly applied..to our most blessed Saviour..And therefore some godly men do more than dislike it as irreligious, that it should bee communicated to any other.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo iii. 276 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors It may probably be said, that Canaria being the biggest of all the fortunate Islands, derived its name to all the rest of them, as that of Tercera communicates its name to all the Assores.
1715 J. Stevens tr. Hist. Persia vi. 21 This is the Metropolis of the Kingdom properly call'd Persia, whose Name is communicated to all the rest that are subject to it.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. vi. 156 The name of Antoninus..had been communicated by adoption to the dissolute Verus.
1850 C. Anthon Syst. Anc. & Mediæval Geogr. 276 These are spoken of as one of the most ancient nations of Italy, and as having once occupied all the country to which the Venēti..communicated the name Venetia.
1881 Proc. Birmingham Philos. Soc. 2 323 We know that at least one tribe was called Brittanni—and that they communicated the name of Insular Britain.
5. transitive. To pass on (a disease) to another person or animal.
ΚΠ
1603 J. Balmford Short Dialogue Plagues Infection 37 As the infection of the Plague, so of the Leprosie was communicated by the ayre, and not onely by touching.
1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Of Feavers in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) xv. 119 Neither is the Infection only communicated by contact, but at a distance.
1702 R. Meade Mech. Acct. Poisons v. 168 When a Fever is communicated by way of Infection from one already Diseased, this most commonly happens in the latter End of the Distemper.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. v. 309 The prisoners communicated to them the pestilence.
1790 E. Helme tr. F. Le Vaillant Trav. Afr. II. 80 It is a kind of leprosy, that may be communicated in an instant.
1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 601 A healthy wet nurse, getting a sore nipple, in consequence of suckling a pocky child..will communicate the disease to the Fœtus.
1903 Times 4 Aug. 7/6 They undergo a development..which fits them to communicate the disease to any susceptible person upon whom the mosquito may afterwards feed.
1935 Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 29 108 The form of human typhus which is communicated from man to man by lice.
1999 D. Sobel Galileo's Daughter (2000) viii. 86 His frequent telescope demonstrations may have predisposed him also to ocular infections, easily communicated by sharing an eyepiece.
II. Senses relating principally to association and sharing; also in later use (influenced by Branch I.), involving the imparting or sharing of information, etc.† 6. † 9. transitive (reflexive). To have dealings, relations, or converse with (also to); to enter into social interaction or contact. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To share (in), partake of; to use or enjoy in common (with); to share with (either as giver or as recipient). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (transitive)]
dealOE
partc1330
skair1462
parten1508
usurpa1513
communicatea1530
participate1531
partake1563
impart1581
reciprocate1611
copart1613
share1613
to take share of (something)1678
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxxi The sacramentes of ye chirche, & the..receyuynge of them, whiche holy christyans doth communycate.
1574 T. Cartwright tr. W. Travers Full Declar. Eccl. Discipline 166 Why do we communicate the holie Sacramentes with the Papistes?
1582 in J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 324 That the Queen of Scots should communicate the Crown with her Son.
1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iii. i. 47 Thousands, that communicate our losse. View more context for this quotation
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 15 Common benefits are to bee communicate with all.
c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 2128 That which man communicates with beast.
1640 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xix. 160 Hee writ, that being elected Emperour by the Senate, hee would willingly communicate it with him; and thereupon sent him the title of Caesar.
1777 W. Melmoth tr. Cicero Lælius II. 103 Whatever excellencies a man may possess,..he ought generously to communicate the benefits of them with his friends and family.
1850 T. A. Buckley tr. Euripides Iphigenia in Aulis in Trag. I. 314 Come, communicate discourse with me [Gk. κοίνωσον μῦθον ἐς ἡμᾶς].
1890 W. Wallace Life Schopenhauer 67 Nor was he the only acquaintance with whom Schopenhauer communicated some of his..means.
b. intransitive. To have a common part or share; to partake, participate, share (with another person). Frequently with in (the thing shared; also with, (occasionally) of). Obsolete.In later use chiefly with reference to the Eucharist; cf. sense 7.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (intransitive)]
scot?c1225
deal1297
partc1300
to take partc1384
departc1440
skair1462
impart1471
participate1531
communicate1541
to part stakes (also shares)1553
boot1554
partake1561
intercommune1601
copart1637
to go sharers1644
to run shares1644
intervene1646
go1653
to go a share1655
to share and share alike (formerly also like)1656
to go shares1658
to go share and share alikea1661
to go snips (or snip)1671
to go snacks (or snack)1693
to club one's shares1814
to cut in1890
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxvii. f. 89 Ye muste confesse Paulus, that in our person be two states or conditions... In the fyrst we be resembled to beastis, for the affections and passions, wherin we communycate with them.
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Siiii Who beareth wyth other folkes offences, he communycateth wyth other folkes synnes.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin viii. 427 Cesar the dictator, of whom you beare the name, and communicates no lesse in his fortunes.
1611 Bible (King James) Philipp. iv. 14 Yee haue well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. View more context for this quotation
1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation ii. 112 The worship of the English service booke is unlawfull to be communicated with.
1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre ii. 56 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian For him who communicated of the Emperours secrets.
1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man xv. §4. 308 We are..to communicate with them in all holy offices.
1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 51 The absurdity of communicating in Heathen Rites.
1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. (ed. 3) 223 They refuse to communicate in the ordinance of the Lord's Supper with other denominations.
1833 J. England Explan. Construction, Furniture & Ornaments Church 104 We..communicate with them [sc. the saints] in the doctrine to which they adhered.
1855 G. A. Denison tr. H. Saravia On Holy Eucharist 99 All who communicate in the Mysteries of the Lord's Supper.
7. Christian Church.
a. intransitive. To receive consecrated bread or wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to unite in the celebration of the Eucharist; to take communion.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > receive communion [verb (intransitive)]
use1389
communicate1539
commune1550
receive1551
1539 T. Paynell tr. St. Cyprian Serm. on Lordes Prayer sig. Cv Leste we,..by some greuouser offence chaunsynge, whyle we be accursed out of the churche, & not communicating, shulde be prohybited from that heuenly breadde.
1545 Rescuynge of Romishe Fox sig. Iiijv Thos..that suffer not lay men [to] communicate in ij kyndes.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxxiiii Though there be none to communicate with the Prieste...To communicate once in the year at the least.
1619 E. Chaloner tr. J. Bédé Masse Displayed ¶¶ 1 The people did pray with the Pastour, nor onely pray together, but communicate too.
1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 283 In Cyprians time all that did communicate at all, did communicate in both kinds.
1740 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 279 Every one who was baptized communicated daily.
1753 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed 100 It was used to be sung at the high Mass, at the Time that the People communicated.
1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. i. 13 They..assisted, without communicating, at the mass.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 83 He certainly had scruples about communicating with the Church of England.
1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. Towns (ed. 2) I. vii. 35 Everybody..communicated, except a stable-boy who had not yet been confirmed.
1944 M.-L. Dufrenoy tr. F. Mauriac Eucharist xi. 63 The faithful Catholic who communicates receives the entire person of Christ.
1998 Church Times 24 July 9/5 This has been an enormous encouragement to young people to communicate weekly.
b. transitive. To administer the Eucharist to (a person). Also reflexive.In quot. 1635 used intransitively with to in same sense.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > administration of communion > perform communion [verb (intransitive)]
housel1448
communicate1539
society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > administration of communion > perform communion [verb (transitive)]
houselOE
communea1400
common?a1425
administer1483
administrate1538
communicate1539
1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII c. 14 That al men should be communicate with bothe kindes.
1581 W. Fulke Reioynder Bristows Replie 62 Certeine parsons..do communicate the lay people euerie where, not onely vnder ye kind of bread, but also vnder ye kinde of wine.
1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent iv. 341 Whether children ought to be communicated.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) iii. 108 We command no Priest to communicate to the people in both kinds.
1671 J. V. Canes Three Lett. iii. 303 The Councel of Basil, which a little after determined the same doctrin, namely that Priests are not bound to communicate the people in both kinds.
1728 C. Nary Let. to Edward Lord Arch-bishop of Tuam 161 For many Ages past, they communicate the People at publick Service, with the Host dipp'd or steep'd in the Chalice.
1855 N. Wiseman Fabiola 73 Speaking of a married woman communicating herself at home.
1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms 10/1 The Eastern Church communicates the faithful in both kinds.
1900 Church Times 2 Feb. 136/4 I communicated over seventy around a tent..this morning, from medalled general to private Atkins.
1927 Times 4 June 15/4 He would wish to be satisfied that there was a reasonable prospect of the reserved sacrament being wanted to communicate the sick.
2005 Church Times 15 July 13/5 He always carried a spoon with him, so that after a baptism he could immediately communicate the child.
c. transitive. To partake of (the body or blood of Christ) in the Eucharist; to receive or administer (the Eucharist). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > receive (communion) [verb (transitive)]
thiga864
receivec1350
use?c1450
communicate1554
masticate1651
1554 Bp. T. Watson Twoo Notable Serm. sig. Hviiv S. Basyll beyng asked, wyth what feare, persuasion, fayth, and affection we shuld come & communicate the bodye and bloude of Christ, aunswereth thus.
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 138 A lofe cannot refresh manie without it be broken and diuided. And by this meanes it aunswereth and is agreeable to the mysterie of the communicating the bodie of the Lord.
1647 Souldier's March to Salvation 19 The army of King William..did give themselves to acknowledge their sins, prayer, and communicating the Lord's body.
1653 Baker's Chron. Kings of Eng. (new ed.) 36 He communicated the mysteries of the blessed body of Christ.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxi. 258 When he [sc. Calvin] came first to Geneva, the Sacrament was communicated but thrice in the year.
1839 R. B. Grindrod Bacchus xx. 493 Judges were always to be in such a state as to administer justice; the clergy in a fit condition to communicate the sacrament.
1929 A. Crowley Moonchild xix. 270 The American priest next proceeded to confirm them in the Christian religion, and to communicate the Sacrament.
8.
a. intransitive. With with. Originally: †to interact socially, to have dealings or intercourse with (obsolete). In later use: spec. to impart, exchange, or share information or ideas with, by means of speech, writing, signals, etc.
ΚΠ
1547 Certayne Serm. or Homilies (new ed.) sig. Sii Though he commit thesame neuer so secretly, either in thought, woorde, or dede: neuer so priuely, in hys priuie chambre, by hymselfe, or openly communicatyng, and consultyng with other.
1564 A. Golding tr. Justinus Hist. Trogus Pompeius xxxvi. f. 125 Forasmuch as they remembred howe they were dryuen oute of Aegypt, for feare of infection, they made a lawe, neuer after to communicate with stravngers.
1652 J. Wadsworth tr. P. de Sandoval Civil Wars Spain v. xxxi. 313 Lest their too frequent conversation might breed suspition, Don Pedro agreed, that hee should communicate freely with Alonso Ortiz.
1730 H. Fielding Temple Beau i. ii. 5 Sooner than converse with thee, may I be oblig'd to communicate with a drunken, idle, illiterate Soph.
1799 W. Godwin St. Leon III. xi. 257 For the first time..I had opportunity to communicate with a man whose soul was not enslaved to the blood-thirsty superstition of this devoted country.
1834 M. Constable Let. 19 Nov. in J. Constable Corr. (1962) 286 Time does not allow of sending to know if G.C. has communicated with you as pertains to the accounts.
1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. iii. 139 He..put in at one of the Azores, where he remained until he could communicate with home.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ii. 18 No means of communicating with others but by signs.
1919 T. S. Eliot Let. 4 May (1988) I. 291 In case your collapse continues so that you can't stir afoot on Wednesday, please communicate with one of us.
1957 ‘N. Shute’ On Beach v. 165 You never communicated with the station direct, from any ship that you were serving in.
1987 J. Uglow George Eliot 6 Her union with George Henry Lewes had so outraged her brother Isaac..that he refused to communicate with her.
2008 N.Y. Mag. 4 Feb. 42/1 Clay Aiken is communicating with a groomer about his plans for his famous red hair.
b. intransitive. Without with in same sense. Also of two or more individuals: †to have dealings, interact (obsolete); to take part in an exchange of information, ideas, etc.; to be in mutual communication.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > [verb (intransitive)]
communique?1473
communicate1598
correspond1605
talk1705
connect1750
to get across1913
liaise1928
network1980
the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)]
yedc888
speak971
rounda1200
talka1225
tevela1225
intercommunec1374
fable1382
parlec1400
reason?c1425
communique?1473
devise1477
cutc1525
wade1527
enterparle1536
discourse1550
to hold one chat, with chat, in chat1573
parley1576
purpose1590
dialogue1595
commerce1596
dialoguize1596
communicate1598
propose1600
dialogize1601
converse1615
tella1616
interlocute1621
interparle1791
conversate1811
colloquize1823
conversationize1826
colloque1850
visit1862
colloquy1868
to make conversation1921
1598 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 159 Euen so the marchants..of our soueraigne lord..may..friendly bee vsed, and with your marchants and subiects suffered to communicate and to haue intercourse of traffique.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 76 The conceit is excellent, and if the effect would follow somwhat divine, whereby we might communicate like spirits. View more context for this quotation
1667 T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 131 In the Royal Society the Scotch, the Irish, the English Gentry do meet, and communicate, without any distinction of Countries or affections.
1784 W. Mitford Hist. Greece I. x. 418 They communicated by means of letters wrapt round arrows which were shot to spots agreed upon.
1845 Amer. Whig Rev. Mar. 252/2 The readiness with which savages of different tribes communicate by means of manual signs.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxiii. 121 In dear words of human speech We two communicate no more. View more context for this quotation
1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War x. 159 As it was absolutely necessary to communicate, I went forward myself with my staff, a bugler and two of the guides.
1974 B. Emecheta Second Class Citizen v. 55 She and Francis communicated only in monosyllables, and then only when the conversation was very necessary.
1990 Sciences Mar.–Apr. 39/2 A host of other highly social animals—including insects—communicate through noises, body language or chemical secretions.
2006 D. Edgerton Shock of Old (2008) i. 6 As far back as the late nineteenth century one could have communicated by telegraph.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse confer [verb (reflexive)]
counselc1290
devise1477
communicate1561
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 33 He came downe as a meane betwene God and men..His nie communicating himself made him to be called an Angell.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iv. 175 Her own brother with whom she communicated herselfe as to a husband.
1639 F. Robartes Gods Holy House 45 Prayer, whereby to communicate himselfe to almighty God.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 203 My chief Supporter was gone, and I had no Confident to communicate myself to.
1779 S. Johnson Garth in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IV. 11 He communicated himself through a very wide extent of acquaintance.
III. Senses relating to access.
10. intransitive. Of a room, vessel, etc.: to be connected with another by a channel, aperture, door, etc. Of two or more rooms, vessels, etc.: to be connected in this way. Also with the connecting channel, opening, etc., as subject.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > be or become connected [verb (intransitive)] > form continuity of substance > intercommunicate
intercommunicate1586
communicate1597
commerce1639
correspond1707
the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact > open into each other
intercommunicate1586
commerce1639
correspond1707
communicate1731
1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. vi. vii. sig. V3 If the nerue be cutte ouerthwart, there is great danger of conuulsion and inflamation, for the fibres which are cutte, communicate with the vncutte.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. v. i. 902 Which hath giuen occasion to thinke that this Riuer doth communicate with the Riuer of Saint Iohn of the Amazones.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 149 This bank of Earth..is discontinued by seven..breaks or apertures..by which the Lagune communicate with the gulf.
1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments ii. 38 A System of such Canals, which all communicate with one another.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 128 James's Bay lies at the bottom..of Hudson's Bay, with which it communicates.
1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §95 One waste..pipe..to communicate with any drain.
1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 88 When several vessels..communicate together, the same conditions of equilibrium obtain as when fluids are contained in a single vessel.
1864 J. S. Le Fanu Wylder's Hand (1898) 275 The high glass doorway, communicating with the drawing-rooms.
1903 H. James Ambassadors x. xxviii. 368 He passed back into the rooms, the three that occupied the front and that communicated by wide doors.
1945 Art Bull. 27 148/2 The room communicates with the garden by French windows, opening upon the loggias at either end.
1999 Essent. Gas Safety (Council for Registered Gas Installers) x. 141 Where..the door communicates with a bedroom or a bedsitting room.
Derivatives
coˈmmunicated adj.
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society > communication > [adjective] > communicated
communicated1610
participated1614
communicatea1733
society > communication > information > news or tidings > [adjective] > by means of journal, etc.
communicated1610
1610 J. Robinson Justif. Separation from Church of Eng. 399 The delegated, and communicated power of Christ is given primarily, and immediately to the Church, and not to the officers.
1685 R. Boyle Short Mem. Hist. Mineral Waters (advt.) The communicated writing is not pretended to be a full..History of Mineral Waters.
1795 T. Cavallo Compl. Treat. Electr. III. 98 With this machine..the accumulation of the communicated power does not advance..so quick as with the doubler.
1890 J. Martineau Seat Authority Relig. iv. i. 316 This communicated idea..plants the Supreme Good beyond the range of all philosophy.
1938 Times 7 Dec. 12/3 Miss Ellen Compton plays Mrs. Malaprop..with genuine eloquence and a communicated enjoyment.
1991 Brit. Jrnl. Criminol. 21 433 The importance of public languages, communicated images, and shared orientations in the formation of social order.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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