RETELL

repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell

(verb) to say, state, or perform again; “She kept reiterating her request”

fictionalize, fictionalise, retell

(verb) make into fiction; “The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel”

recite, retell

(verb) render verbally; “recite a poem”; “retell a story”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

retell (third-person singular simple present retells, present participle retelling, simple past and past participle retold)

To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.

Anagrams

• Teller, teller

Source: Wiktionary


Re*tell, v. t.

Definition: To tell again.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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