The definition of a knell is a low and solemn ringing tone, or a bad omen.
(noun)To knell is defined as to ring something slowly and mournfully.
(verb)An example of knell is to ring a bell when a national figure dies.
See knell in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
Origin: ME knyllen & (with echoic vowel change) knellen < OE cnyllan, akin to MHG (er)knellen: prob. echoic
transitive verb
noun
See knell in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb knelled, knell·ing, knells verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English knellen
Origin: , from Old English cnyllan
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