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Common
verb
•
To
count
,
reckon
, or
enumerate
.
•
To
narrate
.
•
To
convey
by
speech
; to
say
.
•
To
instruct
or
inform
.
•
To order
; to
direct
, to
say
to someone.
•
To
discern
,
notice
,
identify
or
distinguish
.
•
To
reveal
.
•
To be
revealed
.
•
To have an
effect
,
especially
a
noticeable
one; to be
apparent
, to be
demonstrated
.
•
To use (beads or
similar
objects
) as an
aid
to
prayer
.
•
To
inform
someone in
authority
about a
wrongdoing
.
•
To
reveal
information in
prose
through
outright
expository
statement
--
contrasted
with
show
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
; a
tale
or
account
.
•
In Internet:
A
private
message
to an
individual
in a
chat room
; a
whisper
.
•
In Archaeology:
A
hill
or
mound
,
originally
and
especially
in the
Middle East
, over or
consisting of
the
ruins
of
ancient
settlements
.
name
•
A
surname
.
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notice
decide
learn
persuade
judge
suggest
contact
instruct
alert
forget
confirm
find
prove
assure
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discover
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Lineage
tell
English
tellen
Middle English (1100-1500)
tellan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
تل
Arabic
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