1. (n.) The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event\; rehearsal; recital.

2. (n.) That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; story; history.

3. (n.) That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject.

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