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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Lichenography :: Lichenography (n.) A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.
Evangelical :: Evangelical (a.) Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history..
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..
Collector :: Collector (n.) One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins..
Anthropology :: Anthropology (n.) The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal..
Historicize :: Historicize (v. t.) To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle.
Uniformism :: Uniformism (n.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism..
Herpetology :: Herpetology (n.) The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits..
Age :: Age (n.) A great period in the history of the Earth.
Age :: Age (n.) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles..
Ichthyology :: Ichthyology (n.) The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits..
Allegorize :: Allegorize (v. t.) To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people..
Logographer :: Logographer (n.) A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences.
Synosteology :: Synoptist (n.) Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings..
Nobiliary :: Nobiliary (n.) A history of noble families.
Synchronize :: Synchronize (v. t.) To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history..
Ovology :: Ovology (n.) That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.
Epidemiography :: Epidemiography (n.) A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases..
Genealogize :: Genealogize (v. i.) To investigate, or relate the history of, descents..
Phylogenetic :: Phylogenetic (a.) Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism..
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