Verb: retell (retold) ree'tel
- To say, state, or perform again
"She kept retelling her request";
- repeat, reiterate, ingeminate [archaic], iterate, restate
- Render verbally
"retell a story";
- recite
- Make into fiction
"The writer retold the lives of his parents in his latest novel";
- fictionalize, fictionalise [Brit]
Derived forms: retells, retelling, retold
Type of: recreate, re-create, tell
Encyclopedia: Retell, Arthur