communicate Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To impart, bestow (q. v.)II. To share reciprocallyB. Intrans.I. To have access by a communication or passageII. To have intercourse1. commūnĭco, 1 (prop. trans.2. collŏquor • communicate: A. Trans.: I. To impart, bestow (q. v.): impertio, do, etc. N.B. The sense may sometimes be conveyed by means of ad in composition: as, to c. by rubbing, by breathing, affrĭcare, afflare, etc. II. To share reciprocally: commūnĭco, 1 (with acc. and cum and abl., or inter and acc.): a man with whom I may c. whatever gives me any anxiety, homo quocum communicem omnia quae me cura aliqua afficiunt, Cic.: the plan having been c.d to each other, communicato inter se consilio, Liv.: v. to share. See also to disclose, reveal. B. Intrans.: I. To have access by a communication or passage: commeatūs continere, Pl. St. 3, 1, 44. Phr: a passage by which chambers c., pervius usus tectorum inter se, Virg.: v. thoroughfare, passage: the veins of the body c. with each other, *corporis venae invicem se excipiunt. II. To have intercourse: 1. commūnĭco, 1 (prop. trans.: v. supr. I): to c. with any one on very important subjects, alicui de maximis rebus c., Caes.: also, c. cum aliquo de aliqua re, Cic. 2. collŏquor: v. to converse, confer.