[syn: storied, storeyed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Storied \Sto"ried\, a. [From Story.]
1. Told in a story.
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2. Having a history; interesting from the stories which
pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the
past.
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Some greedy minion, or imperious wife,
The trophied arches, storied halls, invade. --Pope.
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Can storied urn, or animated bust,
Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?
--Gray.
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3. Having (such or so many) stories; -- chiefly in
composition; as, a two-storied house.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Story \Sto"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Storied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Storying.]
To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a
story; to narrate or describe in story.
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How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter,
rather than story him in his own hearing. --Shak.
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It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it
was seventy cubits high. --Bp. Wilkins.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
storied
adj 1: having an illustrious past [syn: celebrated,
historied, storied]
2: having stories as indicated; "a six-storied building" [syn:
storied, storeyed]