History

his′to-ri, n. an account of an event: a systematic account of the origin and progre of a nation: the knowledge of facts, events, .: an eventful life, a past of more than common interest, as a 'woman with a history:' a drama representing historical events.— v.t. ( rare ) to record.— n. His′tōrian , a writer of history.— adjs. Histō′riāted , adorned with figures, esp. of men or animals, as the medieval illuminated manuscripts, capital letters, initials .; Histor′ic , -al , pertaining to history: containing history: derived from history: famous in history: authentic.— adv. Histor′ically .— v.t. and v.i. Histor′icise , to make, or represent as, historic.— ns. Historic′ity , historical character; Historiette′ , a short history or story.— v.t. Histor′ify , to record in history.— n. Historiog′rapher , a writer of history: a profe ed or official historian.— adjs. His to rio graph′ic , -al , pertaining to the writing of history.— adv. His to rio graph′ically .— ns. Historiog′raphy , the art or employment of writing history; Historiol′ogy , the knowledge or study of history.— Historical method , the study of a subject in its historical development; Historical painting , the painting of historic scenes, or scenes in which historic figures are introduced; Historical present , the present tense used for the past, to add life and reality to the narrative, as in 'cometh' in Mark, v. 22.— Ancient history , the history of the world down to the fall of Rome, 476 A.D. ; Medieval history , the history of the period between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the 16th century; Modern history , history since the beginning of the 16th century; Natural history , originally an expre ion including all the concrete sciences, now the science of living things: (in frequent use) zoology, esp. in so far as that is concerned with the life and habits of animals; Profane , Secular , history , the history of secular affairs as opposed to Sacred history , which deals with the events in the Bible narrative. [L.,—Gr. hist or i a — histōr , knowing; cf. eidenai , to know, L. vidēre , Sans. vid , Eng. wit .]