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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANSMIT', v.t. [L. transmitto; trans and mitto, to send.]
1. To send from one person or place to another; as, to transmit a letter or a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money or bills of exchange from one city or country to another. Light is transmitted from the sun to the earth; sound is transmitted by means of vibrations of the air. Our civil and religious privileges have been transmitted to us from our ancestors; and it is our duty to transmit them to our children.
2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit electricity.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: convey, transmit, communicate]
2: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel]
3: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit]
4: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise]

Merriam Webster's

verb (transmitted; transmitting) Etymology: Middle English transmitten, from Latin transmittere, from trans- + mittere to send Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to send or convey from one person or place to another ; forward b. to cause or allow to spread: as (1) to convey by or as if by inheritance or heredity ; hand down (2) to convey (infection) abroad or to another 2. a. (1) to cause (as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium (2) to admit the passage of ; conduct <glass transmits light> b. to send out (a signal) either by radio waves or over a wire intransitive verb to send out a signal either by radio waves or over a wire • transmittable adjective • transmittal noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (transmitted, transmitting) 1 a pass or hand on; transfer (transmitted the message; how diseases are transmitted). b communicate (ideas, emotions, etc.). 2 a allow (heat, light, sound, electricity, etc.) to pass through; be a medium for. b be a medium for (ideas, emotions, etc.) (his message transmits hope). 3 broadcast (a radio or television programme). Derivatives: transmissible adj. transmissive adj. transmittable adj. transmittal n. Etymology: ME f. L transmittere (as TRANS-, mittere miss- send)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Transmit Trans*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmitting.] [L. transmittere, transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See Missile.] 1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another. The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the gospel. --Milton. The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. --Prescott. 2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(transmits, transmitting, transmitted) 1. When radio and television programmes, computer data, or other electronic messages are transmitted, they are sent from one place to another, using wires, radio waves, or satellites. The game was transmitted live in Spain and Italy... This is currently the most efficient way to transmit certain types of data like electronic mail... The device is not designed to transmit to satellites. VERB: be V-ed, V n, V to n 2. If one person or animal transmits a disease to another, they have the disease and cause the other person or animal to have it. (FORMAL) ...mosquitoes that transmit disease to humans... There was no danger of transmitting the infection through operations. VERB: V n to n, V n 3. If you transmit an idea or feeling to someone else, you make them understand and share the idea or feeling. (LITERARY) He transmitted his keen enjoyment of singing to the audience. = convey VERB: V n to n 4. If an object or substance transmits something such as sound or electrical signals, the sound or signals are able to pass through it. These thin crystals transmit much of the power... VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Send, remit, forward, send on, send forward. 2. Transfer, convey, carry, bear, hand over.

Moby Thesaurus

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