The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Transmit \Trans*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmitted; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Transmitting.] [L. transmittere, transmissum;
   trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See
   Missile.]
   1. To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by
      sending; to send from one person or place to another; to
      pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a
      memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or
      bills of exchange, from one country to another.
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            The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as
            Clement of Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of
            evangelic preparation, transmitting our ears through
            a hoard of heathenish obscenities to receive the
            gospel.                               --Milton.
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            The scepter of that kingdom continued to be
            transmitted in the dynasty of Castile. --Prescott.
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   2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light;
      metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

transmit
    v 1: transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn:
         convey, transmit, communicate]
    2: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
       carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
       "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
       transmit, convey, carry, channel]
    3: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We
       cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send,
       broadcast, beam, transmit]
    4: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
       message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
       channel, channelize, channelise]