Narrative \Nar"ra*tive\, a. [Cf. F. narratif.]
   1. Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars
      of an event or transaction.
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   2. Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars
      of events; story-telling; garrulous.
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            But wise through time, and narrative with age.
                                                  --Pope.
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	Narrative \Nar"ra*tive\, n.
   That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous
   account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a
   story.
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         Cyntio was much taken with my narrative. --Tatler.
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   Syn: Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; narration; story;
        tale. See Account.
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	narrative
     adj : consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story;
           "narrative poetry"
     n : a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence
         or course of events; presented in writing or drama or
         cinema or as a radio or television program; "his
         narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain
         adults as well as children" [syn: narration, story, tale]

	

	63 Moby Thesaurus words for "narrative":
   Alcaic, Anacreontic, Castalian, Homeric, Hudibrastic, Pierian,
   Pindaric, Theocritean, account, anecdotage, anecdotal, anecdote,
   anecdotic, bardic, bucolic, chronicle, chronicling, description,
   didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, epic, epos,
   heroic, history, idyllic, mock-heroic, narration, narrational,
   pastoral, poetic, poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological,
   poetico-philosophic, poetlike, portrayal, recital, record,
   recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, report, retelling,
   revelation, review, rhapsodic, runic, saga, sapphic, skaldic,
   statement, storied, storified, story, tale, tale-telling, telling,
   version, yarn, yarn spinning