Hypertext Webster Gateway: "historical"
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) 1.7 (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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