Definition for Tell (-ing, -s, told)

tell (-ing, -s, told), v. [OE.]

  1. Inform; report; let know.
  2. Assure; comfort; convince; soothe; console.
  3. Recount; narrate; recite.
  4. Calculate; compute; figure; reckon.
  5. Announce; declare; disclose; divulge; reveal; expose.
  6. Mention; reveal; disclose; admit.
  7. Command; order; require.
  8. Say; explain; verbalize; express in words.
  9. Understand; comprehend.
  10. Repeat; utter again and again.
  11. Confide in; trust with confidential matters.
  12. Ask; petition; request.
  13. Speak; express; articulate; pronounce.
  14. Communicate; convey; transmit; impart; [polyptoton of tell, tale, and told from the same root].

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