Transmit

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: trans=mit

CIDE DICTIONARY

Transmit, v. t. [L. transmittere, transmissum; trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F. transmettre. See Missile.].

•  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."  [1913 Webster]

  "The scepter of that kingdom continued to be transmitted in the dynasty of Castile."  [1913 Webster]
•  To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct, electricity.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Transmit, v.tr. (transmitted, transmitting)
1 a pass or hand on; transfer (transmitted the message; how diseases are transmitted). b communicate (ideas, emotions, etc.).
2 a allow (heat, light, sound, electricity, etc.) to pass through; be a medium for. b be a medium for (ideas, emotions, etc.) (his message transmits hope).
3 broadcast (a radio or television programme).

Derivative

transmissible adj. transmissive adj. transmittable adj. transmittal n.

Etymology

ME f. L transmittere (as TRANS-, mittere miss- send)

THESAURUS

Transmit

abalienate, add a codicil, address, air-express, airfreight, airmail, alien, alienate, amortize, assign, barter, beam, bequeath, break, broadcast, cable, carry, carry over, cede, channel, communicate, conduct, confer, consign, convey, deed, deed over, deliver, demise, deport, devise, devolve upon, diffuse, direct, dispatch, disseminate, drop a letter, embark, enfeoff, entail, exchange, execute a will, expedite, expel, export, express, extradite, fax, forward, freight, funnel, get across, get over, give, give title to, give word, go through, hand, hand down, hand forward, hand on, hand over, impart, import, instill, jam, leave, leave word, mail, make a bequest, make a will, make known, make over, metastasize, metathesize, negotiate, newscast, pass, pass along, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, pass through, perfuse, phone, pipe, post, put, radiate, radio, radiobroadcast, relay, remit, render, report, route, sell, send, send away, send forth, send off, send word, settle, settle on, share, share with, ship, shortwave, sign away, sign off, sign on, sign over, signal, siphon, sportscast, spread, surrender, switch, telegraph, telephone, telex, tell, trade, traject, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transplace, transplant, transport, transpose, turn over, will, will and bequeath, will to, wire, wireless

ROGET THESAURUS

Transmit

Transfer

VB transfer, convey, alienate, alien, assign, grant, consign, make over, hand over, pass, hand, transmit, negotiate, hand down, exchange, change hands, change hands from one to another, devolve, succeed, come into possession, abalienate, disinherit, dispossess, substitute.

Transference

VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.

Passage

VB pass, pass through, perforate, penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade, go through, go across, go over, pass over, cut across, ford, cross, pass and repass, work, make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way, make a passage form a passage, cut one's way through, find its way, find its vent, transmit, make way, clear the course, traverse, go over the ground.

Information

VB tell, inform, inform of, acquaint, acquaint with, impart, impart to, make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken, transmit, let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known, publish, notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of, let one know, have one to know, give one to understand, give notice, set before, lay before, put before, point out, put into one's head, put one in possession of, instruct, direct the attention to, announce, annunciate, report, report progress, bringword, send word, leave word, write word, telegraph, telephone, wire, retail, render an account, give an account, state, let slip, blurt out, spill the beans, unburden oneself of, let off one's chest, disclose, show cause, explain, hint, given an inkling of, give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint, insinuate, allude to, make allusion to, glance at, tip the wink, suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe, whisper, whisper in the ear, give a bit of one's mind, tell one plainly, tell once for all, speak volumes, undeceive, unbeguile, set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse, disillusion one of, be informed of, know, learn, get scent of, get wind of, gather from, awaken to, open one's eyes to, become alive, become awake to, hear, overhear, understand, come to one's ears, come to one's knowledge, reach one's ears.