What is "stenograph"

Stenograph \Sten"o*graph\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stenographed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stenographing.] To write or report in stenographic characters.

Stenograph \Sten"o*graph\, n. A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.

I saw the reporters' room, in which they redact their hasty stenographs.
--Emerson.

n. 1 A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand. 2 A shorthand character vb. To write or report in stenographic characters.

1. n. a shorthand character

2. a machine for typewriting shorthand characters

3. v. write in shorthand; "The students were able to stenograph and record the conversation"