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Definition of Retold
1. retell [v] - See also: retell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retold
Literary usage of Retold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard-phonographic Dictionary by Andrew Jackson Graham (1890)
"I hope It has been, retold'-Pnts-Ben, I hope it Is to be, ... I hope it will Ihr,
retold i-Pet-Lay- dher. I hopu U will therefore, retold'-Pet- ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... retold from the classics and reconstructions of the histories of the ancient
empires of Greece and Rome won him wide popularity on both sides of the ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Every woman: retold by LF Pierce. IL World To-Day. 20: 576-85. My. 41. Everywoman;
comment. Bookm. 33: 139-40. Ap. 41. Moral consciousness of the drama. 11. ..."
4. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... bay Of unhewn rock, and past the haven strong Of Megara, and Thapsus lying low.
Such were the names retold, and such the shores Shown us by ..."
5. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond, William Abbatt (1890)
"THE STORY OF ROGER WILLIAMS retold The beginning of Roger Williams's remarkable
life may ever remain, as now, a mystery. For nearly three hundred years ..."
6. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Gulliver's travels into some remote countries; retold from Jonathan Swift and
written anew for children, by James Baldwin. (Eclectic readings.) D. 13-172p. ..."
7. Life of Thurlow Weed Including His Autobiography and a Memoir by Thurlow Weed, Harriet A. Weed, Thurlow Weed Barnes (1884)
"SEWARD'S SECOND TERM — As OLD STORY retold. 1841.—There was every prospect that
President Harrison's administration would prove beneficial to the country. ..."
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