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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.

Definition 2024

chronicle

chronicle

English

Noun

chronicle ‎(plural chronicles)

  1. A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
    • 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, Nobody, chapter I:
      Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

Usage notes

  • Often used in the title of a newspaper, as in Pennsylvania Chronicle.

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Verb

chronicle ‎(third-person singular simple present chronicles, present participle chronicling, simple past and past participle chronicled)

  1. To record in or as in a chronicle.

Synonyms

  • (record in a chronicle): record

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός ‎(khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος ‎(khrónos, “time”)

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