retell

[ ree-tel ]

/ riˈtɛl /

to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way: It’s Sleeping Beauty retold with a different twist.

Origin of retell

re- + tell¹

The cutting-edge forensic work that it took to bring them into custody from abroad is retold with great aplomb by Levington.

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Indeed, the Annunciation is retold in the Holy Book of Islam not once, but twice.

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He has heard the Arabian Nights retold and knows the inward kernel of that romance, which some?

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One he heard near the end of the war follows, and although it has recently been retold it holds the interest of the listener.

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After that we were set down to a great supper, and the tale of the flight and the raid was told and retold.

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The story of the Three Bears was taken up after Christmas, told and retold, read, and dramatized by the children.

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If that parable could be now retold, the dogs would bite him.

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retell

/ (riːˈtɛl) /

to relate (a story, etc) again or differently