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out-ˈtell, v.
[out- 18, 15, 15 b.]
†1. trans. To tell or count beyond; to exceed the reckoning of. Obs.
1613Beaum. & Fl. Coxcomb i. vi, I have out-told the clock For haste; he is not here.
2. To tell out or forth, declare.
1818Keats Endym. i. 392 Thus all out-told Their fond imaginations.
b. To tell or reckon to the end or completely.
1868J. H. Newman Verses Var. Occas. 215 And of our crimes the tale complete,..Outtold by our full numbers sweet. |