transmit

Verb
Synonyms: conveycommunicateimpartconductcarrychannelairsendbroadcastbeamtransfertransport

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. transfer to another“communicate a disease”Synonyms: conveycommunicate
  2. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission“Sound carries well over water”“The airwaves carry the sound”“Many metals conduct heat”Synonyms: impartconductconveycarrychannel
  3. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television“We cannot air this X-rated song”Synonyms: airsendbroadcastbeam
  4. send from one person or place to another“transmit a message”Synonyms: transfertransportchannelchannelizechannelise
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]
The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]

2.To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity. [1913 Webster]

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