retell definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn: recite, retell] 2: make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" [syn: fictionalize, fictionalise, retell] 3: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell] Merriam Webster's transitive verb (retold; -telling) Date: 1593 1 ... again or in a different version. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Retell Re*tell, v. t. To tell again. Collin's ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary RETOLD, pret. and pp. of retell; as a story retold. Oxford Reference Dictionary past and past part. of RETELL. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Retold Re*told", imp. & p. p. of Retell. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Retold is the past tense and past participle of retell.
... lesson for the day" 3: render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn: recite, retell] 4: narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what ... relate, repeat, repeat by heart, report, reprint, restate, resume, retail, retell, review, reword, rodomontade, romance, run over, say over, say over ...
... kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell] 2: run or be performed again; "the function iterates" Merriam ... rehearse, reissue, reiterate, renew, reprint, reprise, resay, restate, resume, retail, retell, review, reword, run over, say over, say over again, sum ...
... kept reiterating her request" [syn: repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell] Merriam Webster's transitive verb Date: circa 1713 to state ... recite, recount, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, rephrase, reprint, resume, retail, retell, review, reword, run over, say over, say over again, sum ...
... in small quantities directly to the ultimate consumer 2. tell, retell intransitive verb to sell at retail • retailer noun II. noun ... recount, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, reprint, resell, restate, resume, retailing, retell, review, reword, run over, sacrifice, sale, sales, say over, say ...
... of his parents in his latest novel" [syn: fictionalize, fictionalise, retell] 2: convert into the form or the style of a ... mythologize, narrate, novelize, originate, produce, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, retell, romance, shape, storify, suppose, tell, tell a story, think up ...
... rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, repeat, reprint, restate, resume, retail, retell, retrench, review, reword, run over, say over, say over again ...