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| toll [ tōl ] |
verb (past and past participle tolled, present participle toll·ing, 3rd person present singular tolls) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb ring slowly and repeatedly: to ring a bell, repeatedly and with long pauses between each ring, especially to announce a death, or be rung in this way
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2. transitive verb announce something with bell: to announce something or call somebody with the repeated slow ringing of a bell
  bells tolling the death of the king
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3. transitive verb lure fish or game: to lure fish or game into being caught
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noun (plural tolls) |
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act or sound of bell tolling: the act of ringing a bell slowly and repeatedly, or the sound so made
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| [15th century. Probably < Old English -tyllan "pull"] |
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| toll·er noun |
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