Definition of story

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Story (n.) A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.

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Story-writer :: Story-telling (n.) The act or practice of telling stories.
Literature :: Literature (n.) The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres..
Knot :: Knot (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
Chronicle :: Chronicle (v. t.) To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register.
Herpetologist :: Herpetologist (n.) One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles..
Yarn :: Yarn (n.) A story told by a sailor for the amusement of his companions; a story or tale; as, to spin a yarn..
Chronography :: Chronography (n.) A description or record of past time; history.
Fabrication :: Fabrication (n.) That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication..
Floor :: Floor (n.) A story of a building. See Story.
Historically :: Historically (adv.) In the manner of, or in accordance with, history..
Epidemiography :: Epidemiography (n.) A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases..
Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses..
Uniformism :: Uniformism (n.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism..
Historied :: Historied (a.) Related in history.
Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) An old joke or story.
Verbatim :: Verbatim (adv.) Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it..
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day..
Underaction :: Underaction (n.) Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.
Geld :: Geld (v. t.) To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate..
Descriptive :: Descriptive (a.) Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age..
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