telepathize en · VERB
Etymology
From telepath + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To establish contact with or to receive via telepathy.
Suppose we assume that the percipient does precognitively telepathize the two-seconds-in-the-future psychological state of the agent's brain/mind.
1978, Paul E. Meehl, “Precognitive Telepathy I: On The Possibility of Distinguishing it Experimentally from Psychokinesis”, in Noûs, volume 12, number 3, page 249:
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(intransitive) To engage in telepathic communication.
It does not seem to make sense to speak of learning to telepathize.
1962, W. I. Matson, “Against Induction and Empiricism,”, in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, volume 62, page 152:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| telepathized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| telepathized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| telepathizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| telepathise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| telepathizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |