Entry Word: transmit

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to cause (something) to pass from one to another <sneezing and coughing can transmit disease> — see communicate 1
2 to cause to go or be taken from one place to another <I'll transmit this information over the airwaves> — see send
3 to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another <transmitted the deed of his house to his lawyer> — see give 2