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Narration

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

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Account 76% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Message 76% connected

Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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Report 76% connected

To refer.

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Subdivision 76% connected

The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Relation 76% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

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Telling 76% connected

of Tell

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Narrate 74% connected

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 accou…

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Narrate 74% connected

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 accou…

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Tell 74% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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Tell 74% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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Component part 7

Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Close 70% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Closing 70% connected

of Close

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Conclusion 70% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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End 70% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Ending 70% connected

of End

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Introduction 70% connected

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

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Narrative 92% connected

Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

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Recital 92% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Story 92% connected

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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Tale 92% connected

See Tael.

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Yarn 92% connected

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

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