Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to betell
Participle: betold
Gerund: betelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | betell |
| you | betell |
| he;she;it | betells |
| we | betell |
| you | betell |
| they | betell |
Perfect
| I | have betold |
| you | have betold |
| he;she;it | has betold |
| we | have betold |
| you | have betold |
| they | have betold |
Past
| I | betold |
| you | betold |
| he;she;it | betold |
| we | betold |
| you | betold |
| they | betold |
Pluperfect
| I | had betold |
| you | had betold |
| he;she;it | had betold |
| we | had betold |
| you | had betold |
| they | had betold |
Future
| I | will betell |
| you | will betell |
| he;she;it | will betell |
| we | will betell |
| you | will betell |
| they | will betell |
Future Perfect
| I | will have betold |
| you | will have betold |
| he;she;it | will have betold |
| we | will have betold |
| you | will have betold |
| they | will have betold |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | betell |
| you | betell |
| he;she;it | betell |
| we | betell |
| you | betell |
| they | betell |
Perfect
| I | have betold |
| you | have betold |
| he;she;it | have betold |
| we | have betold |
| you | have betold |
| they | have betold |
Imperfect
| I | betold |
| you | betold |
| he;she;it | betold |
| we | betold |
| you | betold |
| they | betold |
Pluperfect
| I | had betold |
| you | had betold |
| he;she;it | had betold |
| we | had betold |
| you | had betold |
| they | had betold |
Conditional
Present
| I | would betell |
| you | would betell |
| he;she;it | would betell |
| we | would betell |
| you | would betell |
| they | would betell |
Perfect
| I | would have betold |
| you | would have betold |
| he;she;it | would have betold |
| we | would have betold |
| you | would have betold |
| they | would have betold |
Imperative
| you | betell |
| we | Let's betell |
| you | betell |
Verbs conjugated like 'betell'
foretell,
resell,
retell,
sell,
tell,
undersell,
betell,
cross-sell,
forthtell,
mis-sell,
missell,
no-sell,
onsell,
overtell,
presell,
pretell,
short-sell,
supersell,
unsell,
untell, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'betell'
behell,
betall,
bewell,
retell,
becall,
bedeal,
beely,
befall,
begall,
behelm,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English betellen (“to tell about, calumniate”), from Old English betellan (“to speak about, answer, defend oneself against a charge or accusation”), equivalent to be- (“about, concerning”) + tell. See: Old English '
betellan'.
Sample Sentences
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Occasionally we do see some short-line road whose track and equipment are kept in such good repair as to betell of exceptional prosperity; […] [1938, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.), Locomotive engineers journal:]
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Sid's face disappeared and one of his cursed Gods was glaring instead, through gouged-out sockets that betold of his having loved that which was denied him, a law that not even legends could do away with. [2001, Donna Morrissey, Kit's Law: A Novel:]
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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, […] [2009, Dean R. Koontz, Odd Hours:]