untell
verb
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verb
Etymology: From un- + tell.
- 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.”
- 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.”