1. verb /tɛl/
All told, there were over a dozen.
b) To narrate.
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.
2. noun /tɛl/
a) A reflexive, often habitual behavior, esp. one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (e.g., a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals (gives away) information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
b) A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
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