What does tell-troth mean?
Tell-troth means (obsolete) Alternative spelling of tell-truth..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) Alternative spelling of tell-truth..
Hereat the people fall a muttering and whilest Caleb and Ioshua, the onely two Tell-troths, endevoured to undeceive, and incourage the people, instead of stilling them, they had been stoned themselves, if the glorious appearance of God out of the Tabernacle had not seasonably interposed betwixt their innocence, and the fury of the multitude.
Use tell-troth when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tell-troth means (obsolete) Alternative spelling of tell-truth..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hereat the people fall a muttering and whilest Caleb and Ioshua, the onely two Tell-troths, endevoured to undeceive, and incourage the people, instead of stilling them, they had been stoned themselves, if the glorious appearance of God out of the Tabernacle had not seasonably interposed betwixt their innocence, and the fury of the multitude.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.