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Webster 1913 Edition
narrate
nar-rate′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Narrated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Narrating
.] [L.
narratus
, p. p. of narrare
to narrate, prob. for gnarigare
, fr. gnarus
knowing. See Ignore
, Know
.] 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.
Syn. – To relate; recount; detail; describe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Narrate
NARRATE
, v.t.1.
To tell, rehearse or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of any event or transaction , or any series of incidents.2.
To write, as the particulars of a story or history, We never say, to narrate a sentence, a sermon or an oration, but we narrate a story, or the particular events which have fallen under our observation, or which we have heard related.