that+which+is+told

  • 91Tell — (t[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Told} (t[=o]ld); 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 …

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  • 92Telling — Tell Tell (t[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Told} (t[=o]ld); 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,… …

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  • 93To tell off — Tell Tell (t[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Told} (t[=o]ld); 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,… …

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  • 94Tale — Tale, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax, also… …

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  • 95To tell tale of — Tale Tale, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax,… …

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  • 96Tell — Tell, n. That which is told; tale; account. [R.] [1913 Webster] I am at the end of my tell. Walpole. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 97fable — (n.) c.1300, falsehood, lie, pretense, from O.Fr. fable (12c.) story, fable, tale; fiction, lie, falsehood, from L. fabula story, play, fable, narrative, account, tale, lit. that which is told, related to fari speak, tell, from PIE root *bha (2)… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 98tale — n. 1. Oral relation, story, account, that which is told, rehearsal, narrative. 2. Story, fable, legend, narrative, relation, apologue, parable, novel, romance. 3. Information, anything disclosed. 4. Account, count, reckoning …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 99paradox — That which is apparently, though not actually, inconsistent with or opposed to the known facts in any case. [G. paradoxos, incredible, beyond belief, fr. doxa, belief] Weber p. if a muscle is loaded beyond its power to contract it may elongate. * …

    Medical dictionary

  • 100literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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