Bible Dictionaries
Tale

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) See Tael.

(2):

(v. i.) A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.

(3):

(v. i.) A count or declaration.

(4):

(v. i.) To tell stories.

(5):

(v. i.) That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tale'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tale.html. 1828.