communicate

COMMUNICATE, verb transitive 1. To impart; to give to another, as a partaker; to confer for joint possession; to bestow, as that which the receiver is to hold, retain, use or enjoy; with to.Where God is worshiped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences.Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teacheth in all good things. Galatians 6:6.2. To impart reciprocally, or mutually; to have or enjoy a share of; followed by with.Common benefits are to be communicated with all, but peculiar benefits with choice.But Diamede desires my company, And still communicates his praise with me.3. To impart, as knowledge; to reveal; to give, as information, either by words, signs or signals; as, to communicate intelligence, news, opinions, or facts.Formerly this verb had with before the person receiving; as, he communicated those thoughts only with the Lord Digby. Clarendon. But now it has to only.4. To deliver, as to communicate a message; to give, as to communicate motion.COMMUNICATE, verb intransitive 1. To partake of the Lords supper. Instead of this, in America, at least in New England, commune is generally or always used.2. To have a communication or passage from one to another; to have the means of passing from one to another; as, two houses communicate with each other; a fortress communicates with the country; the canals of the body communicate with each other.3. To have intercourse; applied to persons.4. To have, enjoy or suffer reciprocally; to have a share with another.Ye have done well that ye did communicate with my affliction. Philippians 4:14