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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