betell

verb

Etymology

From Middle English betellen (“to tell about, calumniate”), from Old English betellan (“to speak about, answer, defend oneself against a charge or accusation”), equivalent to be- (“about, concerning”) + tell.

inherited from betellan
inherited from betellen

Definitions

1
To speak or tell about
To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.
- Occasionally we do see some short-line road whose track and equipment are kept in such good repair as to betell of exceptional prosperity; […]
- Sid's face disappeared and one of his cursed Gods was glaring instead, through gouged-out sockets that betold of his having loved that which was denied him, a law that not even legends could do away with.
- The air pooled in stillness because the winds had died and would never breathe again, and the silence betold a world of solid stone, where the planetary core had gone cold, where no rivers ran and seas no longer stirred with tides, […]
To speak for
To speak for; answer for; justify.
To lay claim to
To lay claim to; win; rescue.
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1. To talk about negatively
  To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA