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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Story  \Sto"ry\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Storied};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Storying}.] 
  To  tell  in  historical  relation;  to  make  the  subject  of  a 
  story;  to  narrate  or  describe  in  story. 
 
  How  worthy  he  is  I  will  leave  to  appear  hereafter, 
  rather  than  story  him  in  his  own  hearing.  --Shak. 
 
  It  is  storied  of  the  brazen  colossus  in  Rhodes,  that  it 
  was  seventy  cubits  high.  --Bp.  Wilkins. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Storied  \Sto"ried\,  a.  [From  {Story}.] 
  1.  Told  in  a  story. 
 
  2.  Having  a  history;  interesting  from  the  stories  which 
  pertain  to  it  venerable  from  the  associations  of  the 
  past. 
 
  Some  greedy  minion,  or  imperious  wife,  The  trophied 
  arches,  storied  halls,  invade.  --Pope. 
 
  Can  storied  urn,  or  animated  bust,  Back  to  its 
  mansion  call  the  fleeting  breath?  --Gray. 
 
  3.  Having  (such  or  so  many)  stories;  --  chiefly  in 
  composition;  as  a  two-storied  house. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  storied 
  adj  1:  having  an  illustrious  past  [syn:  {celebrated},  {historied}] 
  2:  (combining  form)  having  stories  as  indicated;  "a  six-storied 
  building  [syn:  {storeyed}] 




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