n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -scoped ; -scop · ing
Date: 1867
intransitive verb
1 : to become forced together lengthwise with one part entering another as the result of collision
2 : to slide or pass one within another like the cylindrical sections of a collapsible hand telescope
3 : to become compressed or condensed
transitive verb
1 : to cause to telescope
2 : COMPRESS , CONDENSE <the book arbitrarily telescope s time and space, and as arbitrarily extends them ― Phoebe Adams>