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▪ I. intercommunicate, v.|ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt|
Also 6–7 enter-.
[f. ppl. stem of Anglo-Lat. intercommūnicāre to have intercourse with each other (1401 in Du Cange); see inter- 1 b and communicate, and cf. F. entrecommuniquer (16th c.).]
1. intr. To communicate mutually, hold communication with each other; to have mutual intercourse; to have free passage into each other.
1586[see intercommunication 1]. 1706Phillips, To intercommunicate, to communicate mutually, or one with another. 1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 530/2 The branchial chambers intercommunicate both above and below this septum. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 45 The anterior and posterior surfaces of the bodies of the vertebræ..intercommunicate. 1874Helps Soc. Press. x. 143 Lest we should live in sets, and should not intercommunicate freely.
2. trans. To communicate, impart, or transmit to and from each other.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1170 The raies..receive one from another, and intercommunicate the lights, as they be sent to and fro. 1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 200 When the faculties both of will and understanding doe intercommunicate their ravishments.
Hence intercoˈmmunicated, -ing ppl. adjs.
1852G. Wilson Reid v. 102 It is placed in connection by means of intercommunicating fibres. 1853Q. Rev. Sept. 329 A prepared and intercommunicated dialogue. 1891W. M. Ramsay in Athenæum 5 Sept. 327/3 Without actually seeing the country it is difficult to comprehend thoroughly the relation of its parts and the intercommunicating routes.
▪ II. intercommunicate, ppl. a.|-kəˈmjuːnɪkət|
[f. as prec.: see -ate2.]
= intercommunicated; characterized by reciprocal communication.
1851Ruskin Mod. Paint. II. iii. i. iv. §11 Such difference is secured in the feelings as shall make fellowship itself more delightful, by its inter-communicate character. |