Part 387

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.

Com*mu`ni*ca"tion (?), n. [L. communicatio.] 1. The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

2. Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence.

Argument . . . and friendly communication. Shak.

3. Association; company.

Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33.

4. Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection.

The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe. Arbuthnot.

5. That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message.

6. Participation in the Lord's supper. Bp. Pearson.

7. (Rhet.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you. Beattie.

Syn. -- Correspondence; conference; intercourse.

Com*mu"ni*ca*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. Communicatif, LL. communicativus.] Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

Determine, for the future, to be less communicative. Swift.

Com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness, n. The quality of being communicative. Norris.

Com*mu"ni*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who communicates. Boyle.

Com*mu"ni*ca"to*ry (?), a. [LL. communicatorius.] Imparting knowledge or information.

Canonical and communicatory letters. Barrow.

Com*mun"ion (?), n. [L. communio: cf. F. communion. See Common.] 1. The act of sharing; community; participation. "This communion of goods." Blackstone.

2. Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints.