transmit

To transmit is to transfer, or cause something to be transferred from one person to another or one place to another.

(verb)

When you give someone a cold you have, this is an example of a situation where you transmit the cold virus.
When you cause information to be shared with a new person, this is an example of a situation where you transmit information.
When you broadcast a TV show, this is an example of a situation where you transmit the TV show.

See transmit in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to send or cause to go from one person or place to another, esp. across intervening space or distance; transfer; dispatch; convey
to pass along; impart (a disease, etc.)
to hand down to others by heredity, inheritance, etc.
to communicate (news, etc.)
1. to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through air or some other medium: the sun transmits heat and light
2. to allow the passage of; conduct: water transmits sound
to convey (force, movement, etc.) from one mechanical part to another
to send out (radio or television broadcasts, etc.) by electromagnetic waves

Origin: ME transmitten < L transmittere < trans-, trans- + mittere, to send: see mission

intransitive verb

to send out radio or television signals

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See transmit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting, trans·mits

verb, transitive

To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey. See Synonyms at convey, send¹.
To cause to spread; pass on: transmit an infection.
To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.
To pass along (news or information); communicate.
a. Electronics To send (a signal), as by wire or radio.
b. Physics To cause (a disturbance) to propagate through a medium.
To convey (force or energy) from one part of a mechanism to another.