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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spelled}or {Spelt}; p. pr &
vb n. {Spelling}.] [OE. spellen, spellien, tell relate, AS
spellian fr spell a saying, tale; akin to MHG. spellen to
relate, Goth. spill?n.e {Spell} a tale. In sense 4 and those
following, OE spellen, perhaps originally a different word
and from or influenced by spell a splinter, from the use of a
piece of wood to point to the letters in schools: cf D.
spellen to spell. Cf {Spell} splinter.]
1. To tell to relate; to teach. [Obs.]
Might I that legend find By fairies spelt in mystic
rhymes. --T. Warton.
2. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a
spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. ``Spelled with
words of power.'' --Dryden.
He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot. --Sir G.
Buck.
3. To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]
The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together
did spell but one in effect. --Fuller.
4. To tell or name in their proper order letters of as a
word to write or print in order the letters of esp. the
proper letters; to form as words by correct orthography.
The word ``satire'' ought to be spelled with i, and
not with y. --Dryden.
5. To discover by characters or marks; to read with
difficulty; -- usually with out as to spell out the
sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
To spell out a God in the works of creation.
--South.
To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon
every accident. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spelled}; p. pr & vb n.
{Spelling}.] [AS. spelian to supply another's place.]
To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of at
work to relieve; as to spell the helmsman.
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