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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c. (earlier in same sense was historial , late 14c.), from Latin historicus (from Greek historikos "historical, of or for inquiry," from historia ; see history ) + -al (1). Related: Historically .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to the study of history; "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective" [ant: ahistorical ] having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (''particularly'') as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions. 2 # (label en literature art) About history; depicting persons or events from history. 3 Of, concerning, or in accordance with the ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
historic \his*tor"ic\ (h[i^]s*t[o^]r"[i^]k), historical \his*tor"ic*al\ (h[i^]s*t[o^]r"[i^]*kal), a. [L. historicus, Gr. "istoriko`s: cf. F. historique. See History .] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a historical drama (= about events in the past ) ▪ She starred in a historical drama about Marie Antoinette. a historical overview ▪ The book gives a historical overview of the revolution. a historical perspective ...

Usage examples of historical.

The chest claimed to be that of Elder Brewster, owned by the Connecticut Historical Society, was not improb ably his, but that it had any MAY-FLOWER relation is not shown.

I recognized that voice: It was Aden Fiske, who was the head of the Stone Harbor Historical Society and manager of the Chandler House site.

In such case, the charter-party of the MAY-FLOWER, with the autograph of each Merchant Adventurer appended, would constitute, if it could be found, one of the most interesting and valuable of historical documents.

His thought is mainly historical, and the way he understood history as a spontaneous, unpredestined, incalculable force continuing the equally spontaneous and unpredestined evolution of nature makes him, like Grigoriev, akin to Bergson.

Whether it be the understanding of a plant, an animal, a city, a picture, a poem, an historical event, an arithmetical problem, or a scientific experiment, the process is always the same.

Whereas an important segment of the natural right school developed the idea of articulating transcendent sovereignty through the real forms of administration, the historicist thinkers of the Enlightenment attempted to conceive the subjectivity of the historical process and thereby find an effective ground for the title and exercise of sovereignty.

If the skein of historical causality had been different - if the brilliant guesses of the atomists on the nature of matter, the plurality of worlds, the vastness of space and time had been treasured and built upon, if the innovative technology of Archimedes had been taught and emulated, if the notion of invariable laws of Nature that humans must seek out and understand had been widely propagated - I wonder what kind of world we would live in now.

It would take great humility to write this novel: humility, not the professorial, historical, commercial, and auctorial cleverness that went into his Jim Bridger mountain man books.

Miles realized belatedly that the lurid historical example might have acquired a new personal edge for him.

Bossuet, after weighing all historical considerations, felt obliged to acquit Beze of instigating the crime.

National Security Agency had flagged a series of black market trades, all pertaining to historical documents that once belonged to Victorian-era scientists.

This dynamic state is a vacation paradise, boasting a population, an average annual rainfall, and historical significance.

The retro lifestyles emerging from the corporate enclaves had less historical accuracy than a Shen tableau but a softer, more buyable feel.

In historical times the caduceus was the attribute of Hermes as the god of commerce and peace, and among the Greeks it was the distinctive mark of heralds and ambassadors, whose persons it rendered inviolable.

These facts must be true and strictly historical, for they are everywhere met with among the Cushites, as among the Canaanites, their brothers by origin.