Com*mu"ni*cant (?), a. Communicating. [R.] Coleridge.
Com*mu"ni*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Communicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Communicating.] [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 bestow; 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.