tolled English
Verb
(head)
(toll)
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toll Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), (m), .
Alternate etymology derives (etyl) (m), from .
Noun
( en noun)
Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
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A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
(label) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
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(label) A tollbooth.
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A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
Derived terms
* death toll
* toll road
* toll bridge
* toll booth
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* tollgate
References
Verb
( en verb)
(label) To impose a fee for the use of.
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(label) To levy a toll on (someone or something).
* Shakespeare
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(label) To take as a toll.
To pay a toll or tallage.
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Etymology 2
Probably the same as Etymology 3. Possibly related to or influenced by (toil)
Noun
( en noun)
The act or sound of tolling
Verb
( en verb)
(label) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
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* , Episode 12, The Cyclops
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(label) To summon by ringing a bell.
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* Dryden
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(label) To announce by tolling.
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* Beattie
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Derived terms
*
Etymology 3
From (etyl) (m), (m), variation of (m), .
Alternative forms
* tole, toal
Verb
( en verb)
To draw; pull; tug; drag.
(label) To tear in pieces.
(label) To draw; entice; invite; allure.
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(label) To lure with bait (especially, fish and animals).
Synonyms
* (to lure animals) , lure
Etymology 4
From (etyl) .
Verb
( en verb)
To take away; to vacate; to annul.
(label) To suspend.
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telled English
Verb
(head)
(archaic, or, nonstandard) (tell)
tell English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ((etyl) telja). More at tale.
Verb
(lb) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
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*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.vii:
*:And in his lap a masse of coyne he told , / And turned vpsidowne, to feede his eye / A couetous desire with his huge threasury.
*1875 , Hugh MacMillan, The Sunday Magazine :
*:Only He who made them can tell the number of the stars, and mark the place of each in the order of the one great dominant spiral.
(lb) To narrate.
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*, chapter=7
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=“
(lb) To convey by speech; to say.
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*, chapter=4
, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients
, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
(lb) To instruct or inform.
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*Bible, (w) xii. 18
*:Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,
(lb) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
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*(Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)
*:He told her not to be frightened.
*'>citation
*:Stability was restored, but once the re-entry propulsion was activated, the crew was told to prepare to come home before the end of their only day in orbit.
(lb) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
(lb) To reveal.
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(lb) To be revealed.
*1990 , (Stephen Coonts), Under Siege, 1991 (Pocket Books) edition, ISBN 0671742949, p.409:
*:Cherry looks old, Mergenthaler told himself. His age is telling . Querulous — that's the word. He's become a whining, querulous old man absorbed with trivialities.
(lb) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
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*1859 (John Stuart Mill), (On Liberty)
*:Opinion ought [… to give] merited honour to every one, whatever opinion he may holdkeeping nothing back which tells', or can be supposed to ' tell , in their favour.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 18, author=Ben Dirs, work=BBC Sport
, title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia
, passage=But England's superior fitness told in the second half, with Delon Armitage, Manu Tuilagi and Chris Ashton (two) going over for tries to secure a bonus-point win.}}
Synonyms
* (enumerate) count
* (narrate) narrate, recount, relate
Antonyms
* (to instruct or inform) ask
Derived terms
* all told
* tell against
* tell all
* tell-all
* tell off
* tell on
* tell-tale / telltale
* tell tales
* tell tales out of school
* teller
Noun
( en noun)
A reflexive, often habitual behavior, (especially) one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
That which is told; tale; account.
* Walpole
- I am at the end of my tell .
(internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
See also
* dead giveaway
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
(archaeology) A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
Verb
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