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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
narrate \nar*rate"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
narrate
verb
1: provide commentary for a film, for example
2: narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: {tell}, {recount}, {recite}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "narrate": allegorize, chronicle, descant, describe, detail, dilate, discourse, expatiate, fable, fabulize, fictionalize, mythicize, mythify, mythologize, novelize, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, repeat, report, retail, retell, reveal, review, romance, state, storify, tell, tell a story, unfold, unfold a tale
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