Crossword clues for spelled
spelled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spelledor Spelt; p. pr. & vb. n. Spelling.] [OE. spellen, spellien, tell, relate, AS. spellian, fr. spell a saying, tale; akin to MHG. spellen to relate, Goth. spill?n.e Spell a tale. In sense 4 and those following, OE. spellen, perhaps originally a different word, and from or influenced by spell a splinter, from the use of a piece of wood to point to the letters in schools: cf. D. spellen to spell. Cf. Spell splinter.]
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To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.]
Might I that legend find, By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes.
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To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. ``Spelled with words of power.''
--Dryden.He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot.
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To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]
The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together did spell but one in effect.
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To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
The word ``satire'' ought to be spelled with i, and not with y.
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To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
To spell out a God in the works of creation.
--South.To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon every accident.
--Milton.
Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spelling.] [AS. spelian to supply another's place.] To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.