Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COM-MU'NI-CATE, v.i.

1. To partake of the Lord's supper. – Taylor. Instead of this, in America, at least in New England, commune is generally or always used.
2. To have a communication or passage from one to another; to have the means of passing from one to another; as, two houses communicate with each other; a fortress communicates with the country; the canals of the body communicate with each other. – Arbuthnot.
3. To have intercourse; applied to persons.
4. To have, enjoy or suffer reciprocally; to have a share with another. Ye have done well that ye did communicate with my affliction. Phil. iv.