[tele.graph] n [F telegraphe, fr. tele- tele- (fr. Gk tele-) + -graphe -graph] (1794) 1: an apparatus for communication at a distance by coded signals; esp: an apparatus, system, or process for communication at a distance by electric transmission over wire
2: telegram
[2]telegraph vt (1805) 1 a: to send or communicate by or as if by telegraph b: to send a telegram to c: to send by means of a telegraphic order "~ flowers to a sick friend"
2: to make known by signs esp. unknowingly and in advance "~ a punch" -- te.leg.ra.pher n -- te.leg.ra.phist n