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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Narrate, Narret, v. [L. narrāt-, p.p.stem of narrāre to relate, recount: cf. e.m.E. narrate (1656), thought to be an isolated occurrence rendering Span. narrar; otherwise appar. only Sc. before the mid 18th c.] tr. a. To relate, recount. b. To state formally, declare, as in a legal ‘narrative’ (Narrative n. 3 or 5). — 1685 Sinclair Satan's Inv. World 226.
Many things might be narrated of him Ib. 246.
It is not possible to narrate the … fear these two were under 1689 Dunkeld Presb. II. 496.
Be your lordships' act, daited the twentie fourth day of September, narreting that, seeing the church of Perth was declaired vaccand [etc.] 1689 Narrative Conflict at Dunkeld 1.
All that's here narrated in reference to these actions