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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'historic' | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Historic \His*tor"ic\, Historical \His*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. historicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. historique. See {History}.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- {His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope. {Historical painting}, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. {Historical sense}, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. {The historic sense}, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age. | |
