SPELL
1 verb. (past and past part. Spelt or spelled) 1 (also absol.) Write or name correctly the letters of (a word etc.). 2 a (of letters) form (a word etc.). B result in (spell ruin). ? spell out 1 make out (words etc.) Letter by letter. 2 explain in detail. ? speller none. [french espeller related to *spell2]