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CHRONICLE
history, account, chronicle, story
(noun) a record or narrative description of past events; “a history of France”; “he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president”; “the story of exposure to lead”
chronicle
(verb) record in chronological order; make a historical record
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chronicle (plural chronicles)
A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
Usage notes
• Often used in the title of a newspaper, as in Pennsylvania Chronicle.
Synonyms
• (account of events and when they happened): annals, archives, chronicon, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, version
Verb
chronicle (third-person singular simple present chronicles, present participle chronicling, simple past and past participle chronicled)
To record in or as in a chronicle.
Synonyms
• (record in a chronicle): record
Source: Wiktionary
Chron"i*cle, n. Etym: [OE. cronicle, fr. cronique, OF. cronique, F. chronique, L. chronica, fr. Gr. 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.
3. pl.
Definition: The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.
Syn. - Register; record; annals. See History.
Chron"i*cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chronicled; p. pr. & vb. n. Chronicling.]
Definition: To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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