Story: alternatives and connections

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances.…

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A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.

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A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.

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Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical;…

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The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence:…

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The written history of a person's life.

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A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority f…

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A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

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Same as Dispatch.

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To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

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A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine.

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That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and m…

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Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive b…

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A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the…

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A turret; a watchtower.

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That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of re…

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The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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That which is lifted up; an elevation.

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Same as Entresol.

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A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has…

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A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of…

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Procurable.

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A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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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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A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arth…

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A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

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The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

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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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The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind.

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See Lye.

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

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A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intellige…

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The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.

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To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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

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

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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.

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A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

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Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

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The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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of Build

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A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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

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An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.

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A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.

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The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a descr…

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A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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

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

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To refer.

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See Story.

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See Tael.

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