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in⋅ter⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅cate

[in-ter-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt] verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to communicate mutually, as people.
2. to afford passage from one to another, as rooms.
–verb (used with object)
3. to exchange (messages or communications) with one another.

Origin:
1580–90; < ML intercommūnicātus (ptp.). See inter-, communicate


in⋅ter⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅ble, adjective
in⋅ter⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
in⋅ter⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅tion, noun
in⋅ter⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅tive, adjective
in⋅ter⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅tor, noun
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in·ter·com·mu·ni·cate   (ĭn'tər-kə-myōō'nĭ-kāt')   
intr.v.   in·ter·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, in·ter·com·mu·ni·cat·ing, in·ter·com·mu·ni·cates
  1. To communicate with each other.

  2. To be connected or adjoined, as rooms or passages.

in'ter·com·mu'ni·ca'tion n., in'ter·com·mu'ni·ca'tive (-kā'tĭv, -kə-tĭv) adj.
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