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transmit
[ trans-mit, tranz- ]
/ trænsˈmɪt, trænz- /
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verb (used with object), trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting.
verb (used without object), trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting.
to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
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Origin of transmit
1350–1400; Middle English transmitten<Latin trānsmittere to send across, equivalent to trāns-trans- + mittere to send
synonym study for transmit
2. See carry.
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British Dictionary definitions for transmit
transmit
/ (trænzˈmɪt) /
verb -mits, -mitting or -mitted
Derived forms of transmit
transmittable or transmittible, adjectivetransmittal, nounWord Origin for transmit
C14: from Latin transmittere to send across, from trans- + mittere to send
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