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

Example Sentences

All four are expected to be able to intercommunicate.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2018

You may intercommunicate all that you wish at a distance of four or five thousands leagues in less than half an hour.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

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 Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

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 Bartholdt, Richard

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