story

To tell or describe in historical relation; make the subject of a narrative, tale, or legend; relate.

To ornament with sculptured or painted scenes from history or legend. Compare storied.

To relate; narrate.

To destroy.

A building; an edifice.

A stage or floor of a building; hence, a subdivision of the height of a house; a set of rooms on the same level or floor.

A connected account or narration, oral or written, of events of the past; history.

An account of an event or incident; a relation; a recital: as, stories of bravery.

In lit., a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse; a tale, written in a more or less imaginative style, of that which has happened or is supposed to have happened; specifically, a fictitious tale, shorter and less elaborate than a novel; a short romance; a folk-tale.

The facts or events in a given case considered in their sequence, whether related or not; the experience or career of an individual: as, the story of a foundling; his is a sad story.