Tell

tel, v. [told (told), telling.] number, count; to expre in words, cate; to command; to utter or recite an account of; to make known, publish, vulge; to give instruction teach; observing, find out, discover, discern, v. To give an account, make report; marked effect. [ME. and D. tellen, talu, D., Dan., and Sw. tal, a tale, One who relates, or communicates; er; enumerator; a narrator or describer; Exchequer, one of 4 officers who moneys due to the crown; an officer receives and pays out money over appointed to count votes given in a embly, etc. — TelK-tale, a. Telling bling. — n. An officious informer; which prudence should suppre . chine or contrivance for indicating something.