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telescope verb. M18.
[from TELESCOPE noun.]
verb trans. Watch the actions of (a person) from a distance as if with a telescope. rare. Only in M18.
verb trans. Make into or use as a telescope. M19.
a. verb trans. Force (parts of a thing) one into another like the sliding tubes of a hand-telescope; crush and compress (a carriage, vehicle, etc.) lengthwise by the force of an impact; fig. combine, conflate, compress, condense. L19.
Times A Pacific express train..ran into a locomotive, completely telescoping the baggage wagons. Expositor Possible that St. John had..'telescoped' the two accounts together. E. Paul Taxi No.1 was promptly telescoped by another. R. Bush Women at the top of the stairs are telescoped into one..who dominates the poem.
b. verb intrans. (Have tubular parts designed to) be fitted together or collapse like the sections of a hand-telescope; (lit. & fig.) be telescoped. L19.
R. Campbell Like trucks in railway smashes, back to front, they telescope, rebound..and shunt. Which? An axial compression steering column..telescopes if the front of the car is crumpled.