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2 definitions found 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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