Tell

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A hill or mound.

II. Tell ·noun That which is told; tale; account.

III. Tell ·vi To give an account; to make report.

IV. Tell ·vt To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to Narrate.

V. Tell ·vi To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.

VI. Tell ·vt To Order; to Request; to Command.

VII. Tell ·vt To make known; to Publish; to Disclose; to Divulge.

VIII. Tell ·vt To give instruction to; to make report to; to Acquaint; to Teach; to Inform.

IX. Tell ·vt To make account of; to Regard; to Reckon; to Value; to Estimate.

X. Tell ·vt 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.

XI. Tell ·vt To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to Recount; to Enumerate; to Reckon; to Number; to Count; as, to tell money.

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