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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

nar·rate / ˈnarˌāt/ • v. [tr.] (often be narrated) give a spoken or written account of: the voyages, festivities, and intrigues are narrated with unflagging gusto | the tough-but-sensitive former bouncer narrates much of the story. ∎ provide a spoken commentary to accompany (a movie, broadcast, piece of music, etc.). DERIVATIVES: nar·rat·a·ble adj. nar·ra·tion / naˈrāshən/ n.

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narrate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

narrate XVII. f. pp. stem of L. narräre (f. gnārus knowing), or back-formation from narration (XV. — (O)F. or L.)
So narrative sb. XVI; adj XVII. — F. narratif, -ive adj. and †sb. — late L. narrātīvus.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

narrate •abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fellate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight

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	Bringing the `Daughter' Home: Professor Ruth Wisse to Narrate Documentary. Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA); 11/2/2000
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