n.
Function: 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 \ t ə - ' le-gr ə -f ə r \ noun
– te · leg · ra · phist \ -fist \ noun