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noun

e-mail, email, E-mail n. Electronic mail; a digitally encoded message sent from one computer to another through an electronic communications medium, especially by means of a computer network.

Synonyms: electronic mail.

verb

e-mail, email, E-mail v. t. (past & past part. e-mailed; pres. part. e-mailing) To send (an e-mail message) to someone; as, I emailed the article to the editor; she emailed me her report.

Synonyms: mail electronically.

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Etymology of 'E-mail'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"E-mail" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the influence in Parliament which those small populations in the small boroughs have. We come next to another question which is of great consequence. Not only are those small boroughs altogether too email for independence, but if we come to your large county constituencies, we find that from the peculiar circumstances and the relations which exist between the voter and the owner of the land, there is ...

— Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 • John Bright

... 'e-mail' and 'E-mail') 1. /n./ Electronic mail automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems over common-carrier lines. Contrast {snail-mail}, {paper-net}, {voice-net}. See {network address}. 2. ...

— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0