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Webster 1913 Edition
Transmit
Trans-mit′
,Verb.
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 anotherThe 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.
The scepter of that kingdom continued to be
transmitted
in the dynasty of Castile. Prescott.
2.
To suffer to pass through;
as, glass
. transmits
light; metals transmit
, or conduct, electricityWebster 1828 Edition
Transmit
TRANSMIT'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To send from one person or place to another; as, to transmit a letter or a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money or bills of exchange from one city or country to another. Light is transmitted from the sun to the earth; sound is transmitted by means of vibrations of the air. Our civil and religious privileges have been transmitted to us from our ancestors; and it is our duty to transmit them to our children.2.
To suffer to pass through; as, glass transmits light; metals transmit electricity.