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untell

verb

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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: From un- + tell.

  1. To withdraw or retract (something told); to never have told.

    Narrative untells itself by multiplying itself into discontinuous "turns" that cannot be resolved into a continuous story.

    Trinh (1991) writes that untelling the stories of privilege and marginality is a form of displacement that takes a long time.

  2. To undo or reverse the counting of; to count back.

    That Time could turn up his swift sandy glass, / To untell the days, and to redeem these hours.