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    spell
    [spel]
    verb
    spelled (past tense) · spelled (past participle)
    1. write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence:
      "Dolly spelled her name" · "journals have a house style about how to spell"
      • (of letters) make up or form (a word):
        "the letters spell the word ‘how’"
    2. be a sign or characteristic of:
      "she had the chic, efficient look that spells Milan"
      • mean or have as a result:
        "the plans would spell disaster for the economy"
    Origin
    Middle English: shortening of Old French espeller, from the Germanic base of spell.
    spell
    [spel]
    verb
    spelled (past tense) · spelled (past participle)
    1. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      allow (someone) to rest briefly by taking their place in some activity:
      "I got sleepy and needed her to spell me for a while at the wheel"
      • AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH
        take a brief rest:
        "I'll spell for a bit"
    Origin
    late 16th century: variant of dialect spele ‘take the place of’, of unknown origin. The early sense of the noun was ‘shift of relief workers’.
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