Definition of history

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History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill..

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Amphibiology :: Amphibiology (n.) A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.
Biographize :: Biographize (v. t.) To write a history of the life of.
Age :: Age (n.) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history..
Historionomer :: Historionomer (n.) One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.
Phylogenetic :: Phylogenetic (a.) Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism..
Archaean :: Archaean (a.) Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.
Genealogize :: Genealogize (v. i.) To investigate, or relate the history of, descents..
Dendrologist :: Dendrologist (n.) One versed in the natural history of trees.
Historian :: Historian (n.) One versed or well informed in history.
Life :: Life (n.) A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton..
Logographer :: Logographer (n.) A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences.
Epoch :: Epoch (n.) A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era..
Stromb :: Stromatology (n.) The history of the formation of stratified rocks.
Labor :: Labor (n.) Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history..
History :: History (n.) A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, obse
Mystic :: Mystic (n.) One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism..
Naturalist :: Naturalist (n.) One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals..
Memoirs :: Memoirs (n.) A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2..
Historian :: Historian (n.) A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
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