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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Story :: Story (n.) A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
Naturalist :: Naturalist (n.) One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals..
Ichthyology :: Ichthyology (n.) The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits..
Liturgics :: Liturgics (n.) The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies..
Orientalism :: Orientalism (n.) Knowledge or use of Oriental languages, history, literature, etc..
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.
Historical :: Historical (a.) Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page..
Dendrologist :: Dendrologist (n.) One versed in the natural history of trees.
Heracleonite :: Heracleonite (n.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church..
Memory :: Memory (n.) Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory..
Ophiology :: Ophiology (n.) That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents..
Abridge :: Abridge (v. t.) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary..
Genealogize :: Genealogize (v. i.) To investigate, or relate the history of, descents..
Mahabharatam :: Mahabharatam (n.) A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India..
Age :: Age (n.) A great period in the history of the Earth.
Literature :: Literature (n.) The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres..
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..
Stromb :: Stromatology (n.) The history of the formation of stratified rocks.
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..
Diegesis :: Diegesis (n.) A narrative or history; a recital or relation.
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