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tel⋅e⋅gram

  [tel-i-gram] noun, verb, -grammed, gram⋅ming.
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–noun
1. a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to telegraph.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; tele- 1 + -gram 1

Related forms:
tel⋅e⋅gram⋅mic, tel⋅e⋅gram⋅ma⋅tic  [tel-i-gruh-mat-ik] , adjective
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tel·e·gram   (těl'ĭ-grām')   
n.  A message transmitted by telegraph.
tr. & intr.v.   tel·e·grammed, tel·e·gram·ming, tel·e·grams
To telegraph (something) or be telegraphed.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

telegram 
"telegraphic dispatch," 1852, coined by E.P. Smith of Rochester, N.Y., from tele-, as in telegraph + -gram, and introduced in the Albany "Evening Journal" of April 6, 1852. Purists pointed out that this is an erroneous formation, and the correct word would be telegrapheme (which is close to the Mod.Gk. word).
"May I suggest to such as are not contented with "Telegraphic Dispatch" the rightly constructed word 'telegrapheme'? I do not want it, but ... I protest against such a barbarism as 'telegram.' " [Richard Shilleto, Cambridge Greek scholar, in the London "Times," Oct. 15, 1857]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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