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—storyless, adj./stawr"ee, stohr"ee/, n., pl. stories, v., storied, storying.n.1. a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.2. a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel.3. such narratives or tales as a branch of literature: song and story.4. the plot or succession of incidents of a novel, poem, drama, etc.: The characterizations were good, but the story was weak.5. a narration of an incident or a series of events or an example of these that is or may be narrated, as an anecdote, joke, etc.6. a narration of the events in the life of a person or the existence of a thing, or such events as a subject for narration: the story of medicine; the story of his life.7. a report or account of a matter; statement or allegation: The story goes that he rejected the offer.8. See news story.9. a lie or fabrication: What he said about himself turned out to be a story.10. Obs. history.v.t.11. to ornament with pictured scenes, as from history or legend.12. Obs. to tell the history or story of.[1175-1225; ME storie < AF estorie < L historia HISTORY]story2/stawr"ee, stohr"ee/, n., pl. stories.1. a complete horizontal section of a building, having one continuous or practically continuous floor.2. the set of rooms on the same floor or level of a building.3. any major horizontal architectural division, as of a façade or the wall of a nave.4. a layer.[1350-1400; ME storie < AL historia picture decorating a building, a part of the building so decorated, hence floor, story < L historia HISTORY]
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Universalium. 2010.
