v. t.
To thousands that communicate our loss. B. Jonson [ 1913 Webster ]
Where God is worshiped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
She [ the church ] . . . may communicate him. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This verb was formerly followed by with before the person receiving, but now usually takes to after it. [ 1913 Webster ]
He communicated those thoughts only with the Lord Digby. Clarendon.
v. i.
Ye did communicate with my affliction. Philip. iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
To do good and to communicate forget not. Heb. xiii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
Subjects suffered to communicate and to have intercourse of traffic. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
The whole body is nothing but a system of such canals, which all communicate with one another. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
The primitive Christians communicated every day. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. Miltin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See Communicate. ] Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. --
Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not communicated or imparted. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To communicate mutually; to interchange. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication. [ 1913 Webster ]