Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Transmit \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.

Source : WordNet®

transmit
     v 1: transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: {convey},
           {communicate}]
     2: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
        carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
        "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: {conduct}, {convey}, {carry},
         {channel}]
     3: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We
        cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: {air}, {send}, {broadcast},
         {beam}]
     4: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
        message" [syn: {transfer}, {transport}, {channel}, {channelize},
         {channelise}]
     [also: {transmitting}, {transmitted}]