Untell

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To withdraw or retract (something told); to never have told. transitive

    "Narrative untells itself by multiplying itself into discontinuous "turns" that cannot be resolved into a continuous story."

  2. 2
    To undo or reverse the counting of; to count back. archaic, transitive

    "That Time could turn up his swift sandy glass, / To untell the days, and to redeem these hours."

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"Narrative untells itself by multiplying itself into discontinuous "turns" that cannot be resolved into a continuous story."

Etymology

From un- + tell.

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