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   Spell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spelled  or 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. spilln.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.]
   To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.]
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   Might I that legend find,
   By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes.
   T. Warton.
   
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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.
   
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   He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot.
   Sir G. Buck.
   
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   To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]
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   The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together did spell but one in effect.
   Fuller.
   
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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.
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   The word “satire” ought to be spelled with i, and not with y.
   Dryden.
   
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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.
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   To spell out a God in the works of creation.
   South.
   
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   To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon every accident.
   Milton.
   
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2.       
   Spelt , imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled.
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   Spelt, n. [AS. spelt, fr. L. spelta.] (Bot.) A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.
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   Spelt, n. [See Spalt.] (Metal.) Spelter. [Colloq.]
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   Spelt, v. t. & i. [See Spell a splinter.] To split; to break; to spalt. [Obs.]
   Mortimer.
   
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