1. (v. i.) To share in common; to participate in.

2. (v. i.) To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank.

3. (v. i.) To make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one.

4. (v. i.) To administer the communion to.

5. (v. i.) To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy.

6. (v. i.) To give alms, sympathy, or aid.

7. (v. i.) To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicating artery.

8. (v. i.) To partake of the Lord's supper; to commune.