Literary notes about communicate (AI summary)
The word "communicate" in literature is remarkably versatile, used to convey both the straightforward transmission of information and the subtler exchange of thoughts and feelings. In some writings it denotes the act of sharing personal news or secrets through letters or conversation, as when a character confides important matters in a carefully crafted message ([1],[2],[3]). In other contexts the term assumes a more technical or physical sense—describing the connection between spaces or systems, such as linked chambers or even the interrelation of bodily functions ([4],[5],[6]). Moreover, in philosophical and theological texts "communicate" often becomes a metaphor for the dissemination of abstract ideas or moral principles, highlighting the profound interplay between individuals and the collective moral fabric ([7],[8],[9]). Even in modern narratives it spans a spectrum from intimate interpersonal dialogue to exchanges mediated by technology ([10],[11]), reflecting literature’s ongoing fascination with the complexities of human connection.
- He begged, therefore, that I would accept his apologies, and kindly communicate what I had to say in the form of a letter.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - I have much—very much which it would give me the greatest pleasure to communicate.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe - "My object being to communicate to your ladyship, under the seal of confidence, why I am here."
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens - Our two chambers communicate by a door; the Queen will find it walled up."
— from The History of a Crime by Victor Hugo - The air within and external to the lungs communicate at the open glottis.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - The bladder and sac do not communicate, but the urethra is a canal common to both.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - This must be true, because otherwise men would not be able to communicate their representations or even their knowledge.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant - Such an Habit has perhaps raised in me uncommon Reflections; but this Effect I cannot communicate but by my Writings.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - To do good, to be rich in good work, to give easily, to communicate to others, 6:19.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - DTR —- Data Terminal Ready is a circuit which, when ON, tells the modem that your computer is ready to communicate.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Since the explosion of the Internet, and especially the invention of the Web, I communicate mainly by e-mail.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert
