单词 | to tell over |
释义 | > as lemmasto tell over to tell over 1. transitive. To count, enumerate; to count up; = senses 17, 18a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] > count accountc1450 recounta1549 to tell over1579 count1865 the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > count valuable items tellOE to tell over1579 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > reckon up tellOE tail1377 foot1491 tailye1497 to tell over1579 total1716 tot1770 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church iv. i. f. 232 Shee hath set vp so manie [altars], that they are not all to be told ouer in seuentie yeres [Du. dat mense binnen tseuentich Jaren niet en soude al connen getellen]. 1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte sig. B2v Hee shut himselfe into his studdy, and fell to tell ouer his mony. 1625 in tr. Jocelin Life Glorious Bishop S. Patricke 131 Being tould ouer twice or thrice, the flocke was found entire, and complete, not one being missing. 1653 A. Marvell Let. 28 July in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 304 Those who weigh and tell ouer mony. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 254 He numbred them, by laying so many Stones on a Row, and pointing to me to tell them over. 1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. iv. 82 Lord Verulam tells us of Proteus, that he had his Herd of Seals, or Sea-Calves; that these 'twas his Custom every day to tell over. 1838 Amer. Monthly Mag. July 358 The teller at the bank counter, who, with his hands full of bank notes, tells them over daily without any ‘realizing sense’ of their value. 1883 Myst. Mod. London 81/1 She found time to tell over the money she had accumulated. 1925 C. Read Mr. Secretary Walsingham II. ix. 253 As soon as Elizabeth discovered that James was really eager for the league she began to tell over her pennies. 1935 P. Mégroz tr. E. Fleg Jesus xxvii. 263 His fingers told over the coins in his scrip. 2. transitive. To tell again, to retell; (also) to tell in full. ΚΠ a1595 R. Southwell Humble Supplication (1600) 52 So much, as may serue them to tell ouer the Articles of their Creede. 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 iv. xv. 495 Although wee had spent the time from hence till to morrow in listning to it, yet should we be glad to heare it told ouer once againe. a1653 H. Binning Wks. (1735) xvi. 608/1 You use to tell over some Words in your Prayers. 1711 Atlas Geographus I. xi. 172/2 He who is to swear takes a Sword, and tells over the Names of his Wives, Children and Friends. 1774 J. Patsall in tr. Quintilian Inst. Orator II. xi. 316 As it is necessary to give a full sound to words, so to tell over, as it were, and reckon every letter, must be very troublesome and disagreeable. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. iv. 94 Thou art..a tattling knave to tell over again his fooleries. 1883 M. Oliphant Hester I. ix. 136 We old fogeys have our little talks together, and tell over our old adventures to amuse ourselves for want of something better. 1911 A. C. Ray Woman with Purpose xvi. 178 She..listened in silence to Dorcas, eagerly telling over the story of her good old times with Dickie. 1992 L. Glinert Joys of Hebrew 65 Torah is learned with a view to ‘telling it over’, to acquaintances, to parents, to children. < as lemmas |
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