intercommunicate
Americanverb (used without object)
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to communicate mutually, as people.
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to afford passage from one to another, as rooms.
verb (used with object)
verb
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to communicate mutually
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to interconnect, as two rooms
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of intercommunicate
First recorded in 1580–90, intercommunicate is from the Medieval Latin word intercommūnicātus (past participle). See inter-, communicate
Example Sentences
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All four are expected to be able to intercommunicate.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2018
They are filled with fluid and intercommunicate freely, finally connecting with a number of fine tubes, the lymphatics, through which excess of fluid or any solid particles present are drained away.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
These marshes are threaded, cobweb fashion, by myriads of lines of water and mud that intercommunicate.
From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
The cells intercommunicate, and the mechanical mixture of the gases arising from the furnace grates of the various cells is sought by the introduction of a special design of reverberatory arch overlying the grates.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
Again something sacred is done in all the sacraments, which belongs to the notion of "Sacrifice"; and the faithful intercommunicate through all the sacraments, which this Greek word Synaxis and the Latin Communio express.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
As nearly all ships' cabins on those hot routes do, ours intercommunicated by a metal grill for ventilating purposes, and a word spoken in one cabin above a whisper could be heard in the next.
From The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy
Then they intercommunicated thought, sentiment, and emotion with one another as God had communicated to them.
From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
In Philadelphia in 1902 he set himself up as a maker of batteries, battery testers and intercommunicating telephone systems.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pilot-captain talks with his crew over the intercommunicating phone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Incoming calls from the common-battery main office to the intercommunicating system are all handled by the attendant.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Samuel McMeen
So far the intercommunicating system has been discussed only with respect to its use in small isolated plants.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Samuel McMeen
The circuits of a plug type of intercommunicating system, as manufactured by the Kellogg Company, are shown in Fig.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Samuel McMeen
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