Tell

tel, v.t. to number or give an account of: to utter: to narrate: to disclose: to inform: to discern: to explain.— v.i. to give an account: to produce or take effect: to chat, go ip: to tell tales, play the informer:— pa.t. and pa.p. tōld.— adj. Tell′able , capable of being told.— ns. Tell′er , one who tells or counts: a clerk whose duty it is to receive and pay money; Tell′ership , the office of a teller.— p.adj. Tell′ing , having great effect.— adv. Tell′ingly , in a telling or effective manner.— n. Tell′-tale , one who tells tales: one who officiously tells the private concerns of others: an indication or an indicator, as an automatic instrument: a bird of genus Totanus , a tattler.— adj. given to reveal secrets, blabbing: apparent, openly seen: giving warning.— Tell off , to count off: to detach on some special duty. [A.S. tell an ; Ice. telja , Ger. zählen , to number.]