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verb (used with object)
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(of letters) to form (a word, syllable, etc.): The letters spelled a rather rude word.
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to read letter by letter or with difficulty (often followed by out): She painfully spelled out the message.
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to discern or find, as if by reading or study (often followed by out).
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to signify; amount to: This delay spells disaster for us.
verb (used without object)
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to name, write, or give the letters of words, syllables, etc.: He spells poorly.
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to express words by letters, especially correctly.
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spell down, to outspell others in a spelling match.
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spell out,
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to explain something explicitly, so that the meaning is unmistakable: Must I spell it out for you?
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to write out in full or enumerate the letters of which a word is composed: The title “Ph.D.” is seldom spelled out.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English spellen < Old French espeller < Germanic; compare Old English spellian to talk, announce (derivative of spell spell2), Old High German -spellōn, Old Norse spjalla, Gothic spillōn
1250–1300; Middle English spellen < Old French espeller < Germanic; compare Old English spellian to talk, announce (derivative of spell spell2), Old High German -spellōn, Old Norse spjalla, Gothic spillōn
Related forms
spell·a·ble, adjective
un·spell·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
5. foretell, portend, mean, promise.
5. foretell, portend, mean, promise.
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Word Origin & History
spell
"work in place of (another)," O.E. spelian "to take the place of," related to gespelia "substitute," of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to spilian "to play" (see spiel). The noun meaning "indefinite period of time" first recorded 1706.
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