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Tell (tĕl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Told (t&ō;ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Telling.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G. z&ä;hlen, OHG. zellen to count, tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak, tælle 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.
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He telleth the number of the stars. Ps. cxlvii. 4.
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Tell the joints of the body. Jer. Taylor.
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2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
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Of which I shall tell all the array. Chaucer.
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And not a man appears to tell their fate. Pope.
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3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
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Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Gen. xii. 18.
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4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
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A secret pilgrimage,
That you to-day promised to tell me of?
Shak.
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5. To order; to request; to command.
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He told her not to be frightened. Dickens.
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6. To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.
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7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate. [Obs.]
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I ne told no dainity of her love. Chaucer.
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&hand_; Tell, though equivalent in some respect to speak and say, has not always the same application. We say, to tell truth or falsehood, to tell a number, to tell the reasons, to tell something or nothing; but we never say, to tell a speech, discourse, or oration, or to tell an argument or a lesson. It is much used in commands; as, tell me the whole story; tell me all you know.
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To tell off, to count; to divide. Sir W. Scott.
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Syn. -- To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform; acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.
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Tell, v. i. 1. To give an account; to make report.
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That I may publish with the voice of thankgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Ps. xxvi. 7.
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2. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
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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.]
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Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David. 1 Sam. xxvii. 11.
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Tell, n. That which is told; tale; account. [R.]
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I am at the end of my tell. Walpole.
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Tell, n. [Ar.] A hill or mound. W. M. Thomson.
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