toll the death bells

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• toll — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Vulgar Latin *tolonium, alteration of Late Latin telonium customhouse, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll; perhaps akin to Greek tlēnai to bear Date …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• toll — 01. The bell [tolled], signaling that the church service was about to begin. 02. At our old school, they used to [toll] a bell when it was time to come in. 03. All across the country, church bells [tolled] in mourning for the death of the… …   Grammatical examples in English

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• toll — [[t]to͟ʊl[/t]] tolls, tolling, tolled 1) V ERG When a bell tolls or when someone tolls it, it rings slowly and repeatedly, often as a sign that someone has died. Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered... [V n] The pilgrims tolled the bell …   English dictionary

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