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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tell  \Tell\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Told};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Telling}.]  [AS.  tellan,  from  talu  tale,  number,  speech;  akin 
  to  D.  tellen  to  count  G.  z["a]hlen,  OHG.  zellen  to  count 
  tell  say  Icel.  telja  Dan.  tale  to  speak,  t[ae]lle  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. 
 
  He  telleth  the  number  of  the  stars.  --Ps.  cxlvii 
  4. 
 
  Tell  the  joints  of  the  body.  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  2.  To  utter  or  recite  in  detail;  to  give  an  account  of  to 
  narrate. 
 
  Of  which  I  shall  tell  all  the  array.  --Chaucer. 
 
  And  not  a  man  appears  to  tell  their  fate.  --Pope. 
 
  3.  To  make  known  to  publish;  to  disclose;  to  divulge. 
 
  Why  didst  thou  not  tell  me  that  she  was  thy  wife? 
  --Gen.  xii. 
  18. 
 
  4.  To  give  instruction  to  to  make  report  to  to  acquaint;  to 
  teach;  to  inform. 
 
  A  secret  pilgrimage,  That  you  to-day  promised  to 
  tell  me  of?  --Shak. 
 
  5.  To  order  to  request;  to  command. 
 
  He  told  her  not  to  be  frightened.  --Dickens. 
 
  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. 
 
  7.  To  make  account  of  to  regard;  to  reckon;  to  value;  to 
  estimate.  [Obs.] 
 
  I  ne  told  no  dainity  of  her  love.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Note:  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 
 
  {To  tell  off},  to  count  to  divide.  --Sir  W.  Scott. 
 
  Syn:  To  communicate;  impart;  reveal;  disclose;  inform; 
  acquaint;  report;  repeat;  rehearse;  recite. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tell  \Tell\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  give  an  account;  to  make  report. 
 
  That  I  may  publish  with  the  voice  of  thankgiving, 
  and  tell  of  all  thy  wondrous  works  --Ps.  xxvi.  7. 
 
  2.  To  take  effect;  to  produce  a  marked  effect;  as  every  shot 
  tells;  every  expression  tells. 
 
  {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.] 
 
  Lest  they  should  tell  on  us  saying,  So  did  David. 
  --1  Sam. 
  xxvii.  11. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tell  \Tell\,  n. 
  That  which  is  told;  tale;  account.  [R.] 
 
  I  am  at  the  end  of  my  tell  --Walpole. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tell  \Tell\,  n.  [Ar.] 
  A  hill  or  mound.  --W.  M.  Thomson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Tell 
  n  :  a  Swiss  patriot  who  lived  in  the  early  14th  century  and  who 
  was  renowned  for  his  skill  as  an  archer;  according  to 
  legend  an  Austrian  governor  compelled  him  to  shoot  an 
  apple  from  his  son's  head  with  his  crossbow  (which  he  did 
  successfully  without  mishap)  [syn:  {Tell},  {William  Tell}] 
  v  1:  express  an  idea,  etc  in  words  "He  said  that  he  wanted  to 
  marry  her";  "tell  me  what  is  bothering  you";  "state  your 
  opinion"  [syn:  {state},  {say}] 
  2:  let  something  be  known  "Tell  them  that  you  will  be  late" 
  3:  narrate  or  give  a  detailed  account  of  "Tell  what  happened"; 
  "The  father  told  a  story  to  his  child"  [syn:  {narrate},  {recount}, 
  {spin},  {recite}] 
  4:  tell  somebody  to  do  something  "I  said  to  him  to  go  home"; 
  "She  ordered  him  to  do  the  shopping"  [syn:  {order},  {enjoin}, 
  {say}] 
  5:  discern  or  comprehend;  "He  could  tell  that  she  was  unhappy" 
  6:  state  positively  and  with  certainty  and  confidence;  "I  tell 
  you  that  man  is  a  crook!"  [syn:  {assure}] 
  7:  reveal;  "a  telling  sign"  [syn:  {ascertain},  {demonstrate},  {evidence}] 
  8:  mark  as  different;  "We  distinguish  several  kinds  of  maple" 
  [syn:  {distinguish},  {separate},  {differentiate},  {secern}, 
  {secernate},  {severalize},  {tell  apart}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Tell  TX 
  Zip  code(s):  79259




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