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Definition of: telegraph
(tel′ə·graf, -gräf) noun
Any of various devices, systems, or processes for transmitting messages or signals to a distance, especially any form of such apparatus utilizing electromagnetic impulses transmitted by conducting wires between sending and receiving points.
—v.t.
1. To send (a message) by telegraph.
2. To communicate with by telegraph.
—v.i.
3. To transmit a message by telegraph. [<TELE- + -GRAPH]
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