Found 4 items, similar to spelling.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: spelling
ejaan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: spelling
ejaan, pengejaan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spelling
spelling
n : forming words with letters according to the principles
underlying accepted usage
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spelling
Spell
\Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Spelledor
Spelt; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Spelling.] [OE. spellen, spellien, tell, relate, AS.
spellian, fr. spell a saying, tale; akin to MHG. spellen to
relate, Goth. spill?n.e
Spell a tale. In sense 4 and those
following, OE. spellen, perhaps originally a different word,
and from or influenced by spell a splinter, from the use of a
piece of wood to point to the letters in schools: cf. D.
spellen to spell. Cf.
Spell splinter.]
1. To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.]
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Might I that legend find,
By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes. --T. Warton.
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2. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a
spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
“Spelled with
words of power.” --Dryden.
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He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot. --Sir G.
Buck.
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3. To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]
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The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together
did spell but one in effect. --Fuller.
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4. To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a
word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the
proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
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The word
“satire” ought to be spelled with i, and
not with y. --Dryden.
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5. To discover by characters or marks; to read with
difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the
sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
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To spell out a God in the works of creation.
--South.
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To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon
every accident. --Milton.
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Spell
\Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Spelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spelling.] [AS. spelian to supply another's place.]
To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at
work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.
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Spelling
\Spell"ing\, n.
The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters;
orthography.
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Spelling
\Spell"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to spelling.
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Spelling bee, a spelling match. [U.S.]
Spelling book, a book with exercises for teaching children
to spell; a speller.
Spelling match, a contest of skill in spelling words,
between two or more persons.
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