intercommunicate

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ communicate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪn.tə(ɹ).kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪt/

Verb

intercommunicate (third-person singular simple present intercommunicates, present participle intercommunicating, simple past and past participle intercommunicated)

1. (intransitive) To communicate mutually, one with another.
   • 1951, Great Britain. Colonial Office, An Economic Survey of the Colonial Territories, page 144:

     There is also a growing number of teleradio stations on small inter-island craft. All these stations communicate with or through Vila, but may intercommunicate by permission.

2. (intransitive) To be interconnected.
   • 1954 July, “Lightweight Diesel Trains for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 459:

     The two vehicles of each unit intercommunicate through a vestibule type corridor connection similar to that obtaining in long-distance passenger stock.

   • 2012, J. T. Smith, Roman Villas: A Study in Social Structure:

     […] but in analysing the more highly developed houses, where the pavilions are integrated architecturally with other rooms at the ends of the hall, the possibility that they intercommunicated with them cannot be ignored.