communicable (komunikabl)

[= F. com muni cable = Sp. com uni cable = Pg.communica vel = It.comunicabile, Eternal life is communicable to all. IMG:content-0895.png:[blocks in formation] Vulgar instruction requiring also vulgar and communi cable termes, not clerkly or vncouthe as are all these of the Greeke and Latine languages. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 133. 2. Communicative; ready to converse or impart information. Be communicable with your friends. B. Jonson, Epicæne, iii. 2. Perhaps Sir Hugo would have been communicable enough without that kind motive. George Eliot , Daniel Deronda. communicablene (ko-mü'ni-ka-bl-nes), n . The quality of being communicable. The antient Hebrew had the same Fortune that the Greek and Latin Tongues had, to fall from being naturally spoken any where, to lose their general Communicablene and Vulgarity, and to become only School and Book-Languages. Howell , Letters, ii. 60. communicably (ko-mu'ni-ka-bli), adv. In a communicable manner; with communication. communicant (ko-mü'ni-kant), a. and n. [= G. Dan. kommunikant, n., = F. communicant = Sp. It. comunicante = Pg. communicante, II. n . One who communicates at the Lord's table; one who is entitled to partake of the sacrament at the celebration of the eucharist. A constant frequenter of worship, and a never-failing monthly communicant. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons.