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retell

[ree-tel]

verb (used with object)

retold , retelling .
  1. to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way.

    It’s Sleeping Beauty retold with a different twist.



retell

/ ːˈɛ /

verb

  1. to relate (a story, etc) again or differently

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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When he heard the older people emotionally retelling their stories, sometimes in tears, about how they had wasted their lives, he knew he had to change.

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From a forthcoming choral libretto premiering in Finland to a graphic novel retelling of the "Epic of Gilgamesh," Macfarlane’s creative orbit keeps expanding.

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They retold it in a dozen different ways, and it's still very much with us.

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The show will feature the debut of an audio-animatronic figure of Disney, and is expected to retell the Disneyland creation myth.

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The dark history is retold in a book with a much lighter title: “Never Date a Broke Dude: The Financial Freedom Playbook.”

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