Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To relate or tell again or in a different form.
- transitive verb To count again.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tell again.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To tell again.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
tell again, toparaphrase , to tell something one has read or heard.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make into fiction
- verb render verbally,
- verb to say, state, or perform again
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Examples
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"retell" biblical stories have either mocked them or tried to inject them with gritty realism, usually of the blindingly obvious Left-wing variety.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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A Kalahari Bushman might retell it, for in the Kalahari you can never retell a story in the same way.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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I ask her to retell the story of when young John Marshall grew up to be an older man, came for a special visit, and was accompanied by a renowned Chinese qigong doctor.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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It must have occurred to Dr Seuss to bend this ancient story to his own use; to retell it as a picture book.
The Grendel/Grinch Connection | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Me: [retell the bit about the library book] and you said he needed to "start slow."
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009
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BTW, off topic, but the language geeks here may appreciate The Tattuinardoela Saga (which is an attempt to retell Star Wars as an Old Icleandic Viking-Age Saga).
The Volokh Conspiracy » To Meld — What Does “Meld” Mean? 2010
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Reframe and restore old photos; create scrapbooks and shadow-box displays using old letters, tickets, newspaper clippings—anything that helps retell your family's story.
Sole Survivors: Adult Orphans Preserve, Adapt Traditions Melinda Beck 2011
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Attempting to believe, trying to believe the truth I tell and retell and tell again.
3 Unforgotten Remembrances Martha Rand 2012
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Jim C. Hines 'latest book is THE MERMAID'S MADNESS, the second of his fantasy adventures that retell the old fairy tales with a Charlie's Angels twist.
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Did you purposefully set out to retell the history of Uruguay through the eyes of women?
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