单词 | telepathize |
释义 | telepathizev. 1. a. transitive. To transmit or communicate (an image, a message, etc.) using telepathy. ΚΠ 1894 F. Podmore Apparitions & Thought-transference v. 131 I had intended to telepathise the jumping-jack to you before choosing the water-bottle. 1972 Mass. Rev. 13 618 Steve tried to telepathize all this to Che. 2003 Financial Times Mag. 28 June 8/2 You telepathised..your birthname to one of your parents or to one of their close friends. b. intransitive. To communicate using telepathy; to practise telepathy. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (intransitive)] > practise telepathy telepath1891 telepathize1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Telepathize,..to practise telepathy. 1919 E. H. Jones Road to En-dor xi. 115 He had put me on parole..not to telepathize with the good folk of Yozgad. 1980 C. Fitz Gibbon Rat Report ii. 38 If the rat had telepathized once, then perhaps it would again. 2004 Times 31 July 45/2 We do not convey our love and affection to another by sitting and telepathising intently at them. 2. transitive. To communicate with or affect (a person) using telepathy. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (transitive)] > mind-read telepath1885 telepathize1895 thought-read1898 mind-read1945 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Telepathize,....to affect, influence, or act upon through sympathetic connection alone. 1941 Mind 50 315 Having the same sensation as the person one telepathises. 1963 Jrnl. Soc. for Psychical Res. 42 33 I have examined a subject telepathized in this way and questioned him. 2007 L. Gasparini Undertaker's Wife vi. 74 As if telepathized, she turned and walked over to a nearby desk to fetch something. 3. transitive. To discern by means of telepathy. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (transitive)] > mind-read > know by telepathy telepath1885 telepathize1954 1954 ‘J. Christopher’ Twenty-second Cent. 145 Did they telepathize our coming and retreat to some more civilized solar system? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1894 |
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