HISTORY

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. 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.

To narrate or record. [Obs.] Shak.

The aggregate of past events. | The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events. | The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory). | A set of events involving an entity. | A record or narrative description of past events. | A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family. | A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser. | Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant. | Shared experience or interaction. | A historically significant event.

To narrate or record.