intercommunicate

American  

[in-ter-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt] / ˌɪn tər kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used without object)

intercommunicated, intercommunicating

1. to communicate mutually, as people.

2. to afford passage from one to another, as rooms.

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verb (used with object)

intercommunicated, intercommunicating

1. to exchange (messages or communications) with one another.

intercommunicate British  

/ ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt /

verb

1. to communicate mutually

2. to interconnect, as two rooms

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Other Word Forms

• intercommunicability
  noun
• intercommunicable
  adjective
• intercommunication
  noun
• intercommunicative
  adjective
• intercommunicator
  noun

Etymology

Origin of intercommunicate

First recorded in 1580–90, intercommunicate is from the Medieval Latin word intercommūnicātus (past participle). See inter-, communicate