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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Genesis :: Genesis (n.) The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race..
Helminthology :: Helminthology (n.) The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms..
Clio :: Clio (n.) The Muse who presided over history.
Synchronize :: Synchronize (v. t.) To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history..
Herpetology :: Herpetology (n.) The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits..
March :: March (n.) A territorial border or frontier; a region adjacent to a boundary line; a confine; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in English history applied especially to the border land on the frontiers between England and Scotland, and England and Wales..
Archaean :: Archaean (a.) Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.
Ophiologist :: Ophiologist (n.) One versed in the natural history of serpents.
Organophyly :: Organophyly (n.) The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly..
Storied :: Storied (a.) Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past.
Illustrate :: Illustrate (v. t.) To adorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance..
Historically :: Historically (adv.) In the manner of, or in accordance with, history..
Lichenography :: Lichenography (n.) A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.
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.
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..
Chronicle :: Chronicle (n.) A narrative of events; a history; a record.
Orismology :: Orismology (n.) That departament of natural history which treats of technical terms.
Premosaic :: Premosaic (a.) Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history..
Dendrology :: Dendrology (n.) A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
Araucarian :: Araucarian (a.) Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian..
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