History

his'to-rTf, n. A statement of what is known; a record; description; a narrative of events; a statement of the progre of a nation or an institution, with philosophical inquiries respecting effects and causes. — Natural history. Description and cla ification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses. — Histo'rian, n. A writer or compiler of history; chronicler; annalist. — Historic, -tSr/'ik, -ical, a. Containing, pert, to, contained or exhibited in, deduced from, or representing history.