1. To move oneself from one place to another in which matter or information is dematerialized, usually instantaneously, at one point and recreated at another point with psychokinesis or the supposed ability to use mental powers to make objects move or to otherwise affect them: In his imagination, Arthur was able to teleport himself from the classroom to a sunny beach.
2. Etymology: from Greek tele, "distance, far" and French portare, "to carry".