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to telepathize

to telepathize

1 9.9
To send thoughts directly from one mind to another without speaking
  • verb
  • /ˈtɛləˌpæθaɪz/
: telepatizar
  • In the sci-fi novel, the characters could telepathize across galaxies using advanced technology.

Examples

  • They attempted to telepathize their plans for the surprise party without speaking.

  • He tried to telepathize his thoughts to her during the meditation session.

  • Words crossed her lips as she saw me, and I sensed a surge of telepathized anger vibrating between us down that hall.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

to read mind
vsto telepathize
  • Informal
100 7.7

To know what another person is thinking without them saying it

involves direct two way mind contact rather than one person knowing thoughts
to intercommunicate
vsto telepathize
1 6.5

To share thoughts, feelings, or information with each other

specifies direct mind to mind contact often via telepathy or technology

How Direct

to telepathize
1 9.9
call
∞ 1.0
email
  • Texting
748 1.0
to write
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

telepathize infinitive
telepathized past
telepathized past participle
telepathizing present participle
telepathizes third person singular

Morphology

telepathize = telepath (transparent) = telepath + ize

The verb is formed by adding productive verbalizing suffix '-ize' to the noun 'telepath', yielding the expected meaning 'to act as/communicate as a telepath'.

Etymology

Telepathize comes from tele- meaning 'far', seen in telephone and television, and path meaning 'feeling', as in empathy. That's why to telepathize is to send or share thoughts 'from far away', like communicating 'mind to mind'.