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tel⋅e⋅vise

  [tel-uh-vahyz]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -vised, -vis⋅ing.
to send or receive by television.
Origin:
1925–30; back formation from television
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tel·e·vise   (těl'ə-vīz')   
tr. & intr.v.   tel·e·vised, tel·e·vis·ing, tel·e·vis·es
To broadcast or be broadcast by television.

[Back-formation from television.]
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Word Origin & History

televise 
1927 back-formation from television, on model of other verbs from nouns ending in -(v)ision (e.g. revise).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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