Trans*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Transmitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Transmitting.] [L. transmittere, transmissum;
trans across, over + mittere to send: cf. F.
transmettre. See Missile.] 1. To cause
to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person
or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to
transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to
transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to
another.
The ancientest fathers must be next removed, as Clement of
Alexandria, and that Eusebian book of evangelic preparation,
transmitting our ears through a hoard of heathenish obscenities to
receive the gospel.
Milton.
The scepter of that kingdom continued to be
transmitted in the dynasty of Castile.
Prescott.
2. To suffer to pass through; as, glass
transmits light; metals transmit, or conduct,
electricity.