She [the church] . . . may communicate him.
Jer. Taylor.
&fist; This verb was formerly followed by with before the person receiving, but now usually takes to after it.
He communicated those thoughts only with the Lord Digby.
Clarendon.
Syn. -- To impart; bestow; confer; reveal; disclose; tell; announce; recount; make known. -- To Communicate, Impart, Reveal. Communicate is the more general term, and denotes the allowing of others to partake or enjoy in common with ourselves. Impart is more specific. It is giving to others a part of what we had held as our own, or making them our partners; as, to impart our feelings; to impart of our property, etc. Hence there is something more intimate in imparting intelligence than in communicating it. To reveal is to disclose something hidden or concealed; as, to reveal a secret.
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.