telepathize

telepathize

English

Alternative forms

• telepathise

Etymology

telepath +‎ -ize

Verb

telepathize (third-person singular simple present telepathizes, present participle telepathizing, simple past and past participle telepathized)

1. (transitive, parapsychology) To establish contact with or to receive via telepathy.
   • 1978, Paul E. Meehl, "Precognitive Telepathy I: On The Possibility of Distinguishing it Experimentally from Psychokinesis," Noûs, vol. 12, no. 3, p. 249:

     Suppose we assume that the percipient does precognitively telepathize the two-seconds-in-the-future psychological state of the agent's brain/mind.

2. (intransitive, parapsychology) To engage in telepathic communication.
   • 1962, W. I. Matson, "Against Induction and Empiricism," Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 62, p. 152:

     It does not seem to make sense to speak of learning to telepathize.

References

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