An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical, An inscription or title on an object, such as a coin, That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses, transitive verb_ To tell or narrate, as a legend, verb_ archaic, transitive To tell or narrate; to recount