Storied

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  storied
       adj 1: having an illustrious past [syn: {celebrated}, {historied}]
       2: having stories as indicated; "a six-storied building" [syn:
          {storeyed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  story
       n 1: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence
            or course of events; presented in writing or drama or
            cinema or as a radio or television program; "his
            narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain
            adults as well as children" [syn: {narrative}, {narration},
             {tale}]
       2: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events;
          "he writes stories for the magazines"
       3: structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a
          single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the
          office on?" [syn: {floor}, {level}, {storey}]
       4: a record or narrative description of past events; "a history
          of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to
          kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn:
           {history}, {account}, {chronicle}]
       5: a short account of the news; "the report of his speech";
          "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of
          his speech that was given on the evening news made the
          governor furious" [syn: {report}, {news report}, {account},
           {write up}]
       6: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach";
          "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: {fib},
           {tale}, {tarradiddle}, {taradiddle}]
       [also: {storied}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  storied
       See {story}