storied

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. having an illustrious pastSynonyms: celebratedhistoried
  2. having stories as indicated“a six-storied building”Synonyms: storeyed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Storied \Sto"ried\, a. [From Story.]

1.Told in a story. [1913 Webster]

2.Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past. [1913 Webster]

Some greedy minion, or imperious wife, The trophied arches, storied halls, invade.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?— Gray.[1913 Webster]

3.Having (such or so many) stories; -- chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house. [1913 Webster]


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. [1913 Webster]

How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. --Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster]

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