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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: historical adj 1: of or relating to the study of history; "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective" 2: of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories" [syn: {historic}] 3: having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events" 4: belonging to the past; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character" [syn: {historic}] 5: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics" [syn: {diachronic}] [ant: {synchronic}]
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