"betell" meaning in English

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      "form": "betold",
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        "past"
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          "text": "Occasionally we do see some short-line road whose track and equipment are kept in such good repair as to betell of exceptional prosperity; […]",
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          "ref": "2001, Donna Morrissey, Kit's Law: A Novel:",
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          "text": "The air pooled in stillness because the winds had died and would never breathe again, and the silence betold a world of solid stone, where the planetary core had gone cold, where no rivers ran and seas no longer stirred with tides, […]",
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        "To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe."
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        "(transitive) To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe."
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        "To speak for; answer for; justify."
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        "(transitive) To speak for; answer for; justify."
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        "To lay claim to; win; rescue."
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        "(transitive) To lay claim to; win; rescue."
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        "To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive."
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      "form": "betold",
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        "(transitive) To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe."
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        "(transitive) To speak for; answer for; justify."
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        "To lay claim to; win; rescue."
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        "(transitive) To lay claim to; win; rescue."
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        "To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive."
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          "slander",
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        "(transitive, rare) To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive."
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