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
What an immeasurable profit it would be for the human race if we were able to intercommunicate by means of one language.
From Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education by Richard Bartholdt
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
He had scarcely left the deck, however, before the boat came riding by on the buoyant waves, both parties having been deceived as to the distance, by their inability to intercommunicate.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II by William A. (Alexander) Caruthers
To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
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
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
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
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 method of operation of the push-button key employed in the intercommunicating system of the Western Electric Company is well shown in Fig.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Samuel McMeen
The answering of the trunk connects a locking relay across the circuit so that the attendant may call the desired party on the intercommunicating system without having to hold the trunk manually.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Samuel McMeen
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