English dictionary · verb

transmit

to cause to pass on from one place or person to another

Meaning and definitions

1. to cause to pass on from one place or person to another

Connected roots

• trans-

  across, through

• mitt-

  sending

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These words share a recorded root connection. A shared root is a learning clue; it does not establish every step in a word’s history.

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