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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Case :: Case (n.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury..
Heracleonite :: Heracleonite (n.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church..
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..
Chronicle :: Chronicle (v. t.) To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register.
Logographer :: Logographer (n.) A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences.
Era :: Era (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
True :: True (n.) Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts..
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..
Prehistoric :: Prehistoric (a.) Of or pertaining to a period before written history begins; as, the prehistoric ages; prehistoric man..
Ornithology :: Ornithology (n.) That branch of zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.
Dendrology :: Dendrology (n.) A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
Physiogeny :: Physiogeny (n.) The germ history of the functions, or the history of the development of vital activities, in the individual, being one of the branches of ontogeny. See Morphogeny..
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..
Prophecy :: Prophecy (n.) A book of prophecies; a history; as, the prophecy of Ahijah..
History :: 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..
Zoophytology :: Zoophytology (n.) The natural history zoophytes.
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..
Biographer :: Biographer (n.) One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch..
Chronicle :: Chronicle (n.) A narrative of events; a history; a record.
Bibliography :: Bibliography (n.) A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc..
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