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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

telepathize en · VERB

Etymology

From telepath + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (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:
  2. (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

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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