re-tell

verb (used with object), re·told [ree-tohld] , re·tell·ing.

to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way: It’s Sleeping Beauty retold with a different twist.

Origin:
re- + tell¹

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retell (riːˈtɛl)

—vb , -tells, -telling, -told
	to relate (a story, etc) again or differently

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Word Origin & History

retell

1593, from re- "back, again" + tell (v.).

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