STENOGRAPH

stenograph

(noun) a machine for typewriting shorthand characters

stenograph

(noun) a shorthand character

stenograph

(verb) write in shorthand; “The students were able to stenograph and record the conversation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stenograph (plural stenographs)

A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.

A shorthand character.

A stenography machine.

Verb

stenograph (third-person singular simple present stenographs, present participle stenographing, simple past and past participle stenographed)

To write or report in stenographic characters.

Anagrams

• post hanger, pothangers

Source: Wiktionary


Sten"o*graph, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stenographed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stenographing.]

Definition: To write or report in stenographic characters.

Sten"o*graph, n.

Definition: A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand. I saw the reporters' room, in which they redact their hasty stenographs. Emerson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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