histomorphology 
with special reference to the forms assumed by 
various tissues. 
histonomy (his-ton'o-mi), n. [< Gr. tarof, a web, 
tissue, + vouof, a law.] The laws of the for- 
mation and arrangement of the organic tissues. 
Histopedes, Histopodes (his-top'e-dez, -o-dez), 
n, pi. [Prop. Histopodes ; < Gr. iardvat,' cause 
to stand, set up (cf. iorof, anything set up, a 
mast, loom, etc.), + iroi'? (Trod-), L. pes (ped-) 
= E. foot.'] A name applied to the Eunomians, 
who in the practice of baptism immersed the 
head and breast and held the feet in the air. 
histophyly (his'to-fi-li), . [NL., < Gr iorof, 
a web, tissue, + $).%, a tribe.] The compara- 
tive history of organic tissues within the limits 
of a given phylum or tribe of animals. [Bare.] 
Tribal history of the cells, hardly attempted OB yet, . . . 
histophyly. Haeckel, Evol. of Man (trails.), 1. 24. 
histophysiological (his-t6-fiz /l 'i-o-loj'i-kal), a. 
[< Gr. lorof, tissue, + E. physiological, q^. v.] 
Of or pertaining to the physiology or functional 
activity of the tissues of the body. 
Histophysiological researches on the extension of the 
nerves in the muscles. 
R. Mayo, Jour. Boy. Micros. Soc., 2d ser., VI. 885. 
Histopodes, n. pi. See Histopedes. 
historialt (his-td'ri-al), a. [< ME. historial, 
storial, < OP. historial, tutorial, F. historial 
(rare) = Sp. Pg. historial = It. istoriale, < LL. 
historialis, historical, < L. historia, history : see 
history.'] Historical. 
This is no fable, 
But knowen for historial thyng notable. 
Chaucer, Doctor's Tale, 1. 166. 
Adding within our hearts historial 
High epithets past hyperbolical. 
Ford, Fame's Memorial. 
historian (his-to'ri-an), >i. [Formerly historien ; 
< OF. historien, a. aiid n., F. historien, < ML. as 
if *historianus, < L. historia, history : see his- 
tory."] 1. A writer, compiler, or narrator of 
history. 
Dubb'd historians by express command, 
To enrol your triumphs o'er the seas and land. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. i. 372. 
Historian, who . . . hast . . . vouchsafed 
This friendly condescension to relate 
Things else by me unsearchable. 
Milton, F. L., viii. 7. 
2. One who is versed in history. [Bare.] 
Great captains should be good historians. South. 
historiated (his-to'ri-a-ted), a. [< ML. histo- 
riatus, pp. of historiare, narrate, depict: see his- 
tory, t'.] Decorated with figures of animals, 
flowers, human beings, etc. , as the large illumi- 
nated letters of medieval manuscripts, and in 
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries wood- 
cut initial-letters for books, or as surface-orna- 
ment in carving, etc. A distinction is sometimes 
made between such ornament containing figures of men 
and animals, which is distinctively called historiated, and 
that made up merely of flowers, etc., which is called fa- 
reated. 
historic (his-tor'ik), a. [< F. historique = Sp. 
historico = Pg. historico = It. istorico(cf. D. G. 
historisch = Dan. Sw. historisk), < L. historians, 
< Gr. ioropiKof, < ioropia, history: see history. ] 
1. Of or pertaining to history or historians; 
containing or conveying history. 
Here, rising bold, the patriot's honest face ; 
There, warriors frowning in historic brass. 
Pope, Epistle to Addison, 1. 68. 
The vast power and domination of the Roman empire 
. . . have dazzled the historic eye. 
De Quincey, Philos. of Roman Hist. 
A hoard of tales that dealt with knights, 
Half-legend, halt-historic. 
Tennyson, Princess, Prol. 
To be really historic, 1 should have mentioned that be- 
fore going to look for the Rhone I had spent part of the 
evening on the opposite side of the little place. 
H. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 193. 
2. Noted or famous in history. 
My first introduction to the historic scenes which have 
since engaged so many years of my life must be ascribed 
to an accident. Gibbon, Memoirs. 
historical (his-tor'i-kal), a. [< historic + -al."] 
1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with history ; 
containing or of the nature or character of his- 
tory: as, a historical poem; historical evidence; 
a historical chart. 
The best actors in the world, either for tragedy, comedy, 
. . . Ai'gtorical-pastoral, ... or poem unlimited. 
Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 
In this view of a supreme divinity he [Julian] made an 
approach to the Christian monotheism, but substituted an 
airy myth and pantheistic fancy for the only true and liv- 
ing God and the personal historical Christ. 
Scha/, Hist. Christ. Church, III. 4. 
The English Constitution ... is merely a collection 
of historical precedents, and for that reason it is held in 
highest reverence. Stale, Stud. Med. Hist., p. 189. 
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2. Narrated or mentioned in history; belong- 
ing to the past, and mentioned or used at pres- 
ent only with reference to the past. In this sense 
the terms of archaeology, ancient ana medieval art, law, 
etc., as used in modern books with reference to the past, 
are historical, and are thus distinguished from obsolete 
words, such as have no present use at all. 
3. Inphilos., pertaining to things learned from 
the testimony of others or by our own senses. 
4. In gram., used in statement of past facts or 
narration of past events : as, a historical tense. 
The historical present is the present tense used In vivid 
narration, as in the following passage : "And, behold, there 
coineth one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name ; 
and when he saw him, he fell at his feet." (Mark v. 22.) 
In Greek grammar the tenses purely past in meaning 
that is, the imperfect, aorist (English simple preterit with- 
out have), and the pluperfect indicative are called histor- 
ical tenses, as distinguished from the present, future, and 
perfect (English preterit with haue), the perfect not being 
accounted a past tense. (See perfect.) In Latin, also, 
the corresponding tenses are called historical, and, as the 
Latin perfect answers in meaning both to the Greek ao- 
rist and to the Greek perfect, when used as an aorlst it is 
distinguished as the historical perfect. The infinitive can 
be used in Latin in narration, and is then called the his- 
torical infinitive. Historical cognition, credibility, 
geography, etc. See the nouns. Historical method, 
(a) The study of an abstract theory in the light of the 
history of the object to be investigated, (b) In hydrody- 
namics, the Lagrangian method, which considers the path 
of each particle. Historical school, in jurisprudence, 
the school of jurists who maintain that law is not to be 
regarded as made by commands of the sovereign, but is, 
like the language of a nation, the result of its historical 
and social circumstances. The principal authors of this 
school are Savigny and Puchta. 
historically (his-tor'i-kal-i), adv. In the man- 
ner of history; according to history; as his- 
tory ; by way of narration. 
The gospels ... do all historically declare something 
which our Lord Jesus Christ himself either spoke, did, or 
suffered. Hooter, Eccles. Polity. 
historicalness (his-tor'i-kal-nes),n. Historical 
character or quality. 
historiciant, [\ historic + -iai.] A histo- 
rian. 
John de Hexam and Richard de Hexhara [were] two 
notable historicians. Holinshcd, Rich. I., an. 1199. 
historicity (his-to-ris'i-ti), n. [< historic + 
-ity.~] The quality of being true as history; 
historicalness. [Bare.] 
In judging of the points of controversy connected with 
Sinai we are brought face to face with the question of the 
historicity of the Hebrew records involved. 
Eneyc. Brit., XXII. 88. 
historicize (his-tor'i-siz), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
historicized, ppr. historieizing. [< historic + 
-ize.~\ To record or narrate as history. [Bare.] 
historied (his'to-rid), p. a. [Pp. of history, r. 
Cf. storied 1 .] Having a history; famous in 
history; recorded in history; storied. [Bare.] 
Richly historied Italy, where the magnificent past over- 
shadows the present, T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, xvii. 
historiert (his-to'ri-er), n. [< history + -er 1 .] 
A historian. 
Huntingdoniensis, doctor Poynet's historier, reporteth 
of priests' marriages. 
T. Martin, Marriage of Priests, sig. M. ii. (1554). 
historiette (his-to-ri-ef), [= D. historietje, 
< F. historiette (= Sp. Pg. historieta = It. istori- 
etta), dim. of histoire, < L. historia, history: see 
history."] A short history or story; a tale. 
It is not amiss to subjoin here an historiette to shew the 
value of this minister. Roger North, Lord Gnilford, II, 143. 
I have met somewhere with a historiette, which, whe- 
ther more or less true in its particulars, carries a general 
truth. Emerson, Works, II. 244. 
histprify (his-tor'i-fi), v. t. ; pret. and pp. his- 
torified, ppr. historifying. [< history + -fy.~\ 
To relate the history of ; record in history. 
He had left off the plough to do such bloody deeds with 
his sword as many ink-horns and books should be em- 
ployed about the hiitorifying of them. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. 
Who this king and queen would well historify, 
Need only speak their names ; these them will glorify. 
B. Jonson, Love's Triumph. 
I am diffident of lending a perfect assent to that church 
which you have so worthily historijied. 
Lamb, The Tombs in the Abbey. 
historiograph! (his-to'ri-o-graf), n. [= G. his- 
toriograph = Dan. Sw. h'istoriograf = F. his- 
toriographe = Sp. historidgrafo = Pg. historio- 
grapho= It. istoriografo, < LL. historiographus, 
< Gr. ioro/Moypd^of, a writer of history, < iaropia, 
history, T ypafyeiv, write.] Same as historiogra- 
pher. 
The palpable ignorance of our Historiograph Royal, 
where he pretends to render an accoumpt of divers an- 
tient passages relating to the English Chronicle. 
Evelyn, To Mr. Sprat, Oct. 31, 1664. 
historiographer (his-to-ri-og'ra-fer), n. [Cf. 
OF. hiatoriographeur ; as historiograph + -er 1 .'] 
A historian ; a writer of history ; particularly, 
history 
in later use, a professional or official historian : 
a title often conferred by European courts, 
usually as an honorary distinction, and some- 
times by public bodies or institutions. 
And such as be Historiographers, 
Trust not to much, in euery tatlying tong, 
Nor blynded be by partialitie. 
Gascoigne, Steele Glas (ed. Arbcr), p. 77. 
An Historiograph fr discourseth of affayres orderly as 
they were donne, accounting as well the times as the ac- 
tions. Spenser, F. Q., To the Reader. 
Jean de Magnon, historiographer to the king of France, 
undertook to write an encyclopaedia in French heroic 
verse. Encyc. Brit., VIII. 194. 
historiographic (his-to'ri-o-graf 'ik), a. [< Gr. 
laropiaypfujiiKOf, < iaropioypatyia, historiography.] 
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of histori- 
ography. 
A historiographic preface. 
Scha/, Hist. Christ. Church, I. 8 82. 
historiographical (his-to'ri-o-graf'i-kal), a. 
[< historiographic + -al.~\ Same as historio- 
graphic. 
historiography (his-to-ri-og'ra-fi), n. jX Gr. 
icropioypatyia, history- writing, (' laroptoypaifiof, a 
writer of history : see historiographer.] The art 
or employment of writing history ; also, history. 
Haue you not beene a little red in historioyraphie t 
Breton, Wit's Trenchmour, p. 13. 
The modern school of historiography. 
Contemporary Rev., L. 291. 
historiology (his-to-ri-ol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. laropia, 
history, + -fjoyia. < Myeiv, speak: see -ology.] 
A discourse on history ; also, the science of 
history. 
Part I. is a translation of the Monograph of Diesterweg 
on Historiology. Jour, of Education, XIX. No. 2, p. 1. 
historizet (his'to-riz), v. t. [< history + -ize,~\ 
To chronicle. 
Towards Roma Triumphans leades a long and spacious 
walk, full of fountaines, under which is historized the 
whole Ovidian Metamorphosis in rarely sculptur'd mezzo 
relievo. Evelyn, Diary, May 6, 1646. 
history (his'to-ri), n. ; pi. histories (-riz). [< 
ME. historic (abbr. stone, > E. story 1 , q. v.), late 
ME. also histoire, after F. : cf . OF. estoire, his- 
toire, F. histoire = Pr. historia, estoria, storia = 
Sp. Pg. historia = It. istoria = D. G. Dan. his- 
toric = Sw. historia, < L. historia, < Gr. iaropia, 
a learning or knowing by inquiry, the know- 
ledge so obtained, information, a narrative, 
history, < larup or larop, knowing, learned, a 
wise man, a judge, for "Ifirup, < etdevat, know, 
2d aor. iiflv, see, = E. wit, know: see wit, t>.] 
1 . A narrative, oral or written, of past events ; 
a story : as, a history of England ; a history of 
the civil war; a history of an individual. 
Ther-off scripture make as an historic, 
To ende that ay ther-of be memories. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), Int., 1. 118. 
I have heard a prety history concerning this mountaine. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 91. 
2. The recorded events of the past; also, that 
branch of science which is occupied with as- 
certaining and recording the facts of the past. 
History may deal with the past development of human 
affairs as a whole, or with some special phase of human 
activity, as in political history, ecclesiastical history, the 
history of philosophy, etc. ; or with the life of animals, as 
in natural history ; or with inorganic nature, as in geologi- 
cal history ; but with reference to the lower animals and to 
inanimate nature the term has often no special implica- 
tion of past time (see natural history, below). 
It is the true office of history to represent the events 
themselves together with the counsels, and to leave the 
observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and 
faculty of every man's judgment. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 136. 
I have read somewhere or other in Dionysius of Hali- 
carnassus, I think that history is philosophy teaching 
by example. Bolinybroke. 
Already for each 
I see history preparing a statue and niche. 
Lowell, Fable for Critics. 
It is a favorite maxim of mine that history, while it 
should be scientific in its method, should pursue a prac- 
tical object. That is, it should not only gratify the read- 
er's curiosity about the past, but modify his view of the 
present, and his forecast of the future. 
J. II. Seeley, Expansion of England, Int. 
We do not so much want history explained after the 
manner of science as we want it portrayed and interpret- 
ed after the manner of literature. 
The Century, XXVII. 926. 
3. Becorded or accomplished fact; also, the ag- 
gregate of the events, recorded or unrecorded, 
which mark a given period of past time, as in 
the development of an individual or of a race, 
etc. : as, a checkered history. 
Per. Where were you bred ? . . . 
Mar. If I should tell my history, it would seem 
Like lies disdained in the reporting. 
