telegraph
/ˈtɛl.ɪ.ɡɹæf/ verb C2- To use a telegraph; to send a message by telegraph.
- To clearly communicate to another nonverbally (whether by gesture, a change in attitude, or any other sign), and especially unintentionally. · Her frown telegraphed her displeasure.
He/she/it telegraphs · Past telegraphed · Past participle telegraphed · -ing form telegraphing
Verb forms
- Base form
- telegraph
- He/she/it
- telegraphs
- Past
- telegraphed
- Past participle
- telegraphed
- -ing form
- telegraphing
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“By the telegraph, sire.” Louis XVIII.
“To fall,” continued King Louis, who at the first glance had sounded the abyss on which the monarchy hung suspended,—“to fall, and learn of that fall by telegraph!
Well, then, see, here is a gentleman who had none of these resources at his disposal—a gentleman, only a simple magistrate, who learned more than you with all your police, and who would have saved my crown, if, like you, he had the power of directing a telegraph.” The look of the minister of police was turned with concentrated spite on Villefort, who bent his head in modest triumph.
“We telegraphed this morning.”
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