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Definition of: knell
(nel) noun
1. The tolling of a bell, as in announcing a death.
2. An omen of death, rain, or failure.
—v.i.
1. To sound a knell; toll, as mourning.
2. To give a sad or warning sound.
—v.t.
3. To summon or proclaim by or as by a knell. [OE cnyll <cnyllan knock]
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