Definition of history

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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

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Evolution :: Evolution (n.) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.
Standard :: Standard (a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors..
Historionomer :: Historionomer (n.) One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.
Dactyliography :: Dactyliography (n.) In general, the literature or history of the art..
Story :: Story (n.) A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
Variant :: Variant (n.) Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word..
Ancient :: Ancient (a.) Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days..
Hydrognosy :: Hydrognosy (n.) A treatise upon, or a history and description of, the water of the earth..
Premosaic :: Premosaic (a.) Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history..
Polemics :: Polemics (n.) The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy..
Natural :: Natural (a.) Having to do with existing system to things; dealing with, or derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural science; history, theology..
Orismology :: Orismology (n.) That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.
Onomatologist :: Onomatologist (n.) One versed in the history of names.
Histority :: Histority (v. t.) To record in or as history.
Chronography :: Chronography (n.) A description or record of past time; history.
Life :: Life (n.) A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton..
Fact :: Fact (n.) The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts..
Narration :: Narration (n.) That which is related; the relation in words or writing of the particulars of any transaction or event, or of any series of transactions or events; story; history..
Mediaevalist :: Mediaevalist (n.) One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages..
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
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