A story or narrative, true or fictitious, drawn up so as to interest or amuse, or to preserve the history of a fact or incident; a literary…

A narration of incidents, esp. (in later use) professedly true ones; a narrative, a story. Now archaic, Caribbean, or as applied to a story or…

A story, tale, recital. Obsolete.

Something which is related or communicated; an account, a description. Now rare.

A story, tale, narrative (spoken or written).

gen. A record, register, narrative, account.

A narration, a narrative; an account; a story; a play; a discourse or treatise of any kind; an argument, a reasoned discussion, a disquisition…

A story, a tale; a narrative, an account; esp. the story of a person's life or deeds. Obsolete.

As a count noun. A story, a narrative; a statement. Obsolete.

A spoken story or discourse. Frequently in to round a pistle in (a person's) ear: to whisper a story, etc., to someone. Obsolete.

= treatise, n. 1a 1b 1c Obsolete.

An instance of relating or narrating something; a narrative, an account, a statement.

An account or detailed description of a fact, incident, etc.; a narrative, a report; (in later use) esp. a repetition of something previously…

A descriptive account or statement; the action or an act of giving such an account.

A thing narrated or recounted; a story, an account; = narrative, n. 2a.

A statement; an account; a comment, a reply. Cf. by all record at phrases 3. Obsolete (Scottish in later use).

Narration, tale, story; = account, n. 11.

Narrative; a story, tale; a saying, proverb. Obsolete.

A narrative of imaginary or (less commonly) real events composed for the entertainment of the listener or reader; a (short) work of fiction; a tale.

An account, a narrative; narration.

The action or result of tracing out or setting forth in order; a detailed narration or account. Obsolete. (Cf. deduce, v. 4, deduct, v. 5.)

Recital, narration, mention; an instance of this. Now rare.

Scots Law. A part of a legal document which contains a statement of alleged or relevant facts closely connected with the matter or purpose of the…

A narrative or account of a particular subject. Now rare.

A statement or narrative of an event or experience; a relation, report, or description.

An account, a narrative, a discourse.

(a) A story, tale. (b) An argument, reasoning.

A story, an account, a history; = legend, n. 2. Obsolete.

A description, detailed story or narrative.

Recital, recitation; an instance of this.

A recital, account. Obsolete. rare.

A ‘woven’ or composed narrative or story.

An instance or act of relating or narrating something; an account, a narrative.

An account, description. Obsolete. rare.

A mental view, survey, or inspection; an account or description. Now rare.

Recital, recitation; an instance of this.

What one tells or has to tell; a tale, a statement, an account of events. Now only in U.S. regional use in expressions indicating the source of a…

A narrative; a statement of the case.

Literary Criticism. The narrative of a book as opposed to the dialogue; a book or passage consisting largely of narrative.

a consecutively developed storyline.