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Webster 1913 Edition
Anachronism
An-ach′ro-nism
,Noun.
[Gr.
ἀναχρονισμός
, fr. ἀναχρονίζειν
to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; ἀνά
+ χρόνοσ
time: cf. F. anachronisme
.] A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Anachronism
ANACH'RONISM
,Noun.
An error in computing time; any error in chronology, by which events are misplaced.