Narrate
[nə'reɪt] or [nə'ret]
Definition
(v. t.) To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.
Editor: Tod
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Relate, recite, recount, rehearse, tell, detail, describe, give an account of.
Editor: Lucia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:recite, tell, report, detail, relate, rehearse, recount
ANT:Suppress, conceal, blink, misreport, misrepresent, misrelate, misstate
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Definition
v.t. to tell to give an account of.—adj. Narr′able capable of being told.—n. Narrā′tion act of telling: that which is told: an orderly account of what has happened.—adj. Narr′ative narrating: giving an account of any occurrence: inclined to narration: story-telling.—n. that which is narrated: a continued account of any occurrence: story.—adv. Narr′atively.—n. Narrā′tor one who narrates: one who tells or states facts &c.—adj. Narr′atory like narrative: consisting of narrative.
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Examples
- I need not narrate in detail the further struggles I had, and arguments I used, to get matters regarding the legacy settled as I wished. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In the event of your acceding to my request it is probable that I shall have to narrate them to you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am ignorant of all concerning Mr. Rochester: the letter never mentions him but to narrate the fraudulent and illegal attempt I have adverted to. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But, before I proceed to narrate it, and before I pass on to all the changes it involved, I must give one chapter to Estella. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Well could he narrate: in such a diction as children love, and learned men emulate; a diction simple in its strength, and strong in its simplicity. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It made a great impression on me, and I remembered it a long time afterwards; as I shall have occasion to narrate when the time comes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It would be needless to narrate those disastrous occurrences, for which a parallel might be found in any slighter visitation of our gigantic calamity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He had already narrated the adventure which had brought about Fred's sharing in his work, but had kept back the further result. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I lacked not words now; fast I narrated; fluent I told my tale; it streamed on my tongue. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But she was made exultant by having her chin pinched and her cheek kissed by Mr. Farebrother--an incident which she narrated to her mother and father. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She happened one day to see a letter written by him, in which he narrated his own history. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So were Mr. Jingle and Miss Wardle, for reasons of sufficient importance in this eventful history to be narrated in another chapter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Still as I narrated, instead of checking, he incited me to proceed he spurred me by the gesture, the smile, the half-word. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- By the time the two parties had narrated their several adventures, the cruiser's boat had returned with supplies and arms for the expedition. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- My letter to Agnes was a fervent and grateful one, narrating all the good effects that had resulted from my following her advice. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Edison narrates two incidents that may be taken as characteristic of a good deal that had to be contended with, coming in the shape of nefarious attack. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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