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Webster 1913 Edition

Chronicle

Chron′i-cle

,
Noun.
[OE.
cronicle
, fr.
cronique
, OF.
cronique
, F.
chronique
, L.
chronica
, fr. Gr. [GREEK], neut. pl. of [GREEK]. See
Chronic
.]
1.
An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.
2.
A narrative of events; a history; a record.
Syn. - Register; record; annals. See
History
.

Chron′i-cle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chronicled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chronicling
.]
To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Chronicle

CHRONICLE

,
Noun.
[See Chronic.]
1.
A historical account of facts or events disposed in the order of time. It is nearly synonymous with annals. In general, this species of writing is more strictly confined to chronological order, and is less diffuse than the form of writing called history.
2.
In a more general sense, a history.
3.
That which contains history.
Europe - her very ruins tell the history of times gone by, and every moldering stone is a chronicle.
4.
Chronicles, plu. Two books of the Old Testament.

CHRONICLE

,
Verb.
T.
To record in history, or chronicle; to record; to register.

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