I. -ˌgraf noun
Etymology: French télégraphe, from télé- tele- (from Greek tēle- ) + -graphe -graph
Date: 1794
1. : an apparatus for communication at a distance by coded signals ; especially : an apparatus, system, or process for communication at a distance by electric transmission over wire
2. : telegram
II. transitive verb
Date: 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
telegraph flowers to a sick friend
2. : to make known by signs especially unknowingly and in advance
telegraph a punch
• te·leg·ra·pher tə-ˈle-grə-fər noun
• te·leg·ra·phist -fist noun