telepathn.
/ˈtɛlᵻpaθ/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌpæθ/ A person with the (supposed) ability to use telepathy.In quot. 1885 attributive in telepath boy, denoting an apparition produced using telepathy, and probably punning on telegraph boy.Also used of beings other than humans in Science Fiction and similar contexts.
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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > telepathy > one who practises
thought-reader1851
mind-reader1873
telepath1885
telepathist1885
1885 Nation (N.Y.) 5 Nov. 375/1 The famous occasion when Castor and Pollux were the telepath boys.
1889 Leeds Mercury 15 Aug. 4/6 The telepath's ‘object’ is usually actuated by nothing but the purest curiosity as to the amount of unconscious fraud exercised in the reading of his thoughts.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 9 Feb. 3/2 There is a pleasant mystery about the origin of the 9-in. shell which startled Selsey the other day... It looks as though the telepaths would have to be called in to account for its origin.
1959 J. White in New Worlds Sci. Fiction June 8 His new assistant was not a telepath..but it was sensitive to feelings and would therefore have been aware of Conway's curiosity.
1962 M. Z. Bradley Sword of Aldones viii. 76 Vague unrest crystallized..into one of those flashes of prevision which touch a telepath in moments of stress.
1978 J. Silbersack in F. Leiber Change War Introd. p. xv Which of three alien telepaths is guilty of murder?
2005 S. Soto tr. G. Martínez Oxf. Murders xxii. 163 A well-known Indian telepath was in town.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
telepathv.
/ˈtɛlᵻpaθ/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌpæθ/ 1.
a. transitive. To transmit or communicate (a thought, image, etc.) using telepathy. Also with direct speech as object.
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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (transitive)] > mind-read
telepath1885
telepathize1895
thought-read1898
mind-read1945
the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (transitive)] > mind-read > know by telepathy
telepath1885
telepathize1954
1885 Time Apr. 416 Well-known men of science were in some cases the only persons cognisant of the thoughts to be transferred (or should we say ‘telepathed’?).
1918 J. A. Hill Man is Spirit iii. 65 Her mind..‘telepathed’ the news across in some non-physical way to her friend's mind.
1946 Amazing Stories Sept. 96/2 He telepathed an emotion, calculating what your spontaneous reaction would be.
2012 V. K. Forrest Voracious (2013) xxv. 319 One more book, Kenzie telepathed.
b. intransitive. To communicate using telepathy; to practise telepathy.
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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (intransitive)] > practise telepathy
telepath1891
telepathize1895
1891 Rev. of Reviews 15 Oct. 347/2 As soon as a man begins to speculate as to how he telepaths, he loses the power of telepathing.
1921 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Psychical Res. 15 570 Trying with all my energy to ‘telepath’ to her about the journey.
2012 J. Barrowman & C. E. Barrowman Hollow Earth xxxvi. 190 Em marched them towards Sandie's studio, telepathing with Matt.
2. transitive. To communicate with (a person) using telepathy.
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1897 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 2 Oct. 2/2 When a man wants to communicate with his friend, he will simply telepath him.
1907 Nautilus Sept. 8/1 Suppose you telepathed her to call you on the phone.
2012 T. Wolfe Back to Blood xvii. 592 Immediately she telepathed Amélia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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