betold

Verb

betell (third-person singular simple present betells, present participle betelling, simple past and past participle betold)

1. (transitive) To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.
   • 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
2. (transitive) To speak for; answer for; justify.
3. (transitive) To lay claim to; win; rescue.
4. (rare, transitive) To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive.