Definition of Histary
His"to*ry (?), n.; pl.
Histories (#). [L. historia, Gr.
'istori`a history, information, inquiry, fr.
'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, from the root
of &?; to know; akin to E. wit. See Wit, and cf.
Story.]
1. 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.
2. 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, observation, and memory.
Histories are as perfect as the historian is
wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul.
Carlyle.
For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history.
Shak.
What histories of toil could I
declare! Pope.
History piece, a representation in painting,
drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the
action. -- Natural history, a description
and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants,
animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the
senses.
Syn. -- Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. --
History, Chronicle, Annals. History is a
methodical record of important events which concern a community of
men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and
effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A
chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order
of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle
divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is
sometimes used for history.
Justly Cæsar scorns the poet's lays;
It is to history he trusts for praise.
Pope.
No more yet of this;
For 't is a chronicle of day by day,
Not a relation for a breakfast. Shak.
Many glorious examples in the annals of our
religion. Rogers.
His"to*ry, v. t. To narrate or
record. [Obs.] Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant,
which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly
fools.
Of Roman history, great Niebuhr's shown
'Tis nine-tenths lying. Faith, I wish 'twere known,
Ere we accept great Niebuhr as a guide,
Wherein he blundered and how much he lied.
Salder Bupp
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- What happened long before; past events; the past.
History repeats itself if we don't learn from past mistakes.
Holes in your pant pockets turn your coins into history.
- The study of the past; the assessment of notable events.
History will not look kindly on these tyrants.
He dreams of an invention that will make history.
- The list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy.
He has a history of cancer in his family.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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