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storied |
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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