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[syn: familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible]
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):
transmitted
adj 1: occurring among members of a family usually by heredity;
"an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically
transmitted features" [syn: familial, genetic,
hereditary, inherited, transmitted,
transmissible]