Telled

//tɛld// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of tell dialectal, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
"Maybe, Miss Mary has been telled so; but if she has, she's been telled wrong."

Synonyms

advise count disclose distinguish narrate narrate

Example

"Maybe, Miss Mary has been telled so; but if she has, she's been telled wrong."

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