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One of the stages in the life history of certain rusts (Uredinales), regarded at one time as a distinct genus. It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage. See Uredinales, in the Supplement.
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The natural history zoophytes.
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That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
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Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
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Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.
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The history of the formation of stratified rocks.
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The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
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Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past.
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The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.
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Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings.
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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.
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That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history.
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A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
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Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or narration; a true history; a declaration is true when it states the facts.
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One versed in the history and phenomena of volcanoes.
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The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
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A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
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To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history.
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Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.
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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.
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