Renarrate

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To recapture a narrative by presenting it with a new perspective or interpretation
2. To repeat a story by giving it a fresh viewpoint or altered version
3. To present a narrative one more time with changes to its style or angle

Etymology: "Renarrate" is a plain formation: the prefix "re-" (meaning "again" or "back") attached to "narrate," so it means to narrate again. "Narrate" comes from the Latin "narrare," to relate or recount, which is itself related to "gnarus," knowing or acquainted with, so a narration was originally a telling by someone who knew the matter firsthand. In use, the word carries the sense of retelling with a difference. Someone who renarrates a tale is not simply repeating it but presenting it again from another angle, perhaps from the viewpoint of a minor character or with the emphasis shifted. The prefix supplies the repetition, while the verb's meaning of telling a story supplies the rest.