Hypertext Webster Gateway: "storied"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Storied \Sto"ried\, a. [From {Story}.]
1. Told in a story.

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

Some greedy minion, or imperious wife, The trophied
arches, storied halls, invade. --Pope.

Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its
mansion call the fleeting breath? --Gray.

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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