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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : key-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkeɪ bəl



Definition of cabled

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old North French cable, from Medieval Latin capulum "lasso, rope, halter for cattle," from Latin capere "to take, seize" (see capable). Technically, in nautical use, a rope 10 or more inches around; in non-nautical use, a rope of wire (not hemp or fiber). Given a new range of senses in 19c.: Meaning "message received by telegraphic cable" is from 1883 (short for cable message). Cable car is from 1879. Cable television first attested 1963; shortened form cable is from 1972.
  • As in wired : adj connected
  • As in wired : adj equipped with wires
  • As in knit : verb intertwine
  • As in notify : verb inform
  • As in report : verb communicate information, knowledge
  • As in broadcast : verb put forth on electronic media
  • As in communicate : verb mutually exchange information
Example sentences :
  • He secured a berth on the Geranium, sailing from Liverpool, and cabled Brant to that effect.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • Crupper cabled from Carlsbad that he was ill, and had not been out of bed for a month.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • I cabled over to your address, and said I was staying at the Windsor for a few days.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • Matthews had cabled Jim of the accident and later that I was recovering.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He cabled her to let him know when she started, and three days later she answered.
  • Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • The Gabrilowitsches were by this time in Europe, and Clemens cabled them not to come.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • I just cabled that fellow and got his answer to come right away.
  • Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
  • "I cabled her to-day," said Paliser, who had done nothing of the kind.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Cabled the War Office insisting that the lack of ammunition is "disturbing."
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
  • But he did not know, when he cabled, that Mahon had done well.
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

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