Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Tell (-ing, -s, told)
tell (-ing, -s, told), v. [OE.]
- Inform; report; let know.
- Assure; comfort; convince; soothe; console.
- Recount; narrate; recite.
- Calculate; compute; figure; reckon.
- Announce; declare; disclose; divulge; reveal; expose.
- Mention; reveal; disclose; admit.
- Command; order; require.
- Say; explain; verbalize; express in words.
- Understand; comprehend.
- Repeat; utter again and again.
- Confide in; trust with confidential matters.
- Ask; petition; request.
- Speak; express; articulate; pronounce.
- Communicate; convey; transmit; impart; [polyptoton of tell, tale, and told from the same root].
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