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Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.

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  1. a. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.
  2. a. Communicative; free-speaking.
  3. adj. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
  4. adj. readily communicated
  5. 1. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge. 2. Communicative; free-speaking. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv.
  6. j:100 s. readily communicated