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(), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Told (); p. pr. & vb. n.Telling.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G. zhlen, OHG. zellen to count, tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak, tlle to count. See Tale that which is told.] 1. To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money. "An heap of coin he told." Spenser. He telleth the number of the stars. Ps. cxlvii. 4. Tell the joints of the body. Jer. Taylor. 2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate. Of which I shall tell all the array. Chaucer. And not a man appears to tell their fate. Pope. 3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge. Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Gen. xii. 18. 4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform. A secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promised to tell me of? Shak. 5. To order; to request; to command. He told he Tell v. i. 1. To give an account; to make report. That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Ps. xxvi. 7. 2. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells. To tell of. (a) To speak of; to mention; to narrate or describe. (b) To inform against; to disclose some fault of. To tell on, to inform against. [Archaic & Colloq.] Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David. 1 Sam. xxvii. 11. Tell n.That which is told; tale; account. [R.] I am at the end of my tell. Walpole. Tell n.[Ar.] A hill or mound. W. M. Thomson. スポンサード リンク
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