Transmit Definition

trăns-mĭt, trănz-

transmits, transmitted, transmitting

verb

transmits, transmitted, transmitting

To send or cause to go from one person or place to another, esp. across intervening space or distance; transfer; dispatch; convey.

Webster's New World

To impart or convey to others by heredity.

American Heritage

To send out radio or television signals.

Webster's New World

To pass along; impart (a disease, etc.)

Webster's New World

To cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through air or some other medium.

The sun transmits heat and light.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Transmit

From Middle English transmitten, from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit", verb, literally “over-send"). See also oversend.

From Wiktionary
Middle English transmitten from Latin trānsmittere trāns- trans- mittere to send

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition