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telepath en · NOUN

Etymology

From telepathy.

Meanings

  1. A person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them. Telepaths also have the ability to project thought.

Forms

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telepaths Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

telempath · telepathize · nontelepath · telepathine

Synonyms

teep · mind-reader

Translations (15)

sv tankeläsare (person with telepathic ability) · it telepate (person with telepathic ability) · pt telepata (person with telepathic ability) · cs telepat (person with telepathic ability) · da tankelæser (person with telepathic ability) · mk телепа́т (person with telepathic ability) · haw ʻikemanaʻo (person with telepathic ability) · hu gondolatolvasó (person with telepathic ability) · gl telépata (person with telepathic ability) · fi telepaatti (person with telepathic ability) · ru телепа́т (person with telepathic ability) · fi ajatustenlukija (person with telepathic ability) · es telépata (person with telepathic ability) · de Telepath (person with telepathic ability) · no tankeleser (person with telepathic ability)

telepath en · VERB

Etymology

From telepathy.

Meanings

  1. To communicate by thought; to use telepathy.
    • Jan. 3rd, 1984.—I was in the front sitting-room and dare not go out of the room for the cold; my plants were awfully dry, and hearing E. [her niece] in the kitchen, I telepathed to her to bring me in some water. She at once came with a jug full and asked if I would water the plants. 1896 October, “A Diary of Telepathic Impressions”, in Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, volume 7, number 132, page 300:
    • He does not attribute one single experience to what we might term a "ghost" for lack of a better term. Witches, poltergeists, goblins, gremlins, fairies, dwarfs—all of them are real, physical, alive, being either the real thing or the teleported or telepathed image of the real thing. 1947 June, Raymond A. Palmer, “Observatory”, in Amazing Stories, volume 21, number 6, page 9:
    • In your mind you have capacities you know / To telepath messages through the vast unknown 1976, John Woloschuk and Terry Draper, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”, in 3:47 EST, performed by Klaatu:
    • Thanos: "Did you not suspect I could tell you had been telepathing?" 1973 February, Stan Lee, Iron Man, number 55

Forms

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telepathed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
telepathed Tense=Past lexicographic
telepathing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
telepaths Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

cyberpath · empath · technopath

Synonyms

teep