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Found 1 definition: historical.

Pos: Adjective

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Adjective historical has 4 senses

1. historical(a = adj.pert) - of or relating to the study of history; "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective"
Antonym: ahistorical
Derived forms noun historicalness₂, noun history₃

2. historical(s = adj.all) - 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"
Derived form noun historicalness₁

3. historical(s = adj.all) historic - belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"
Derived form noun historicalness₂

4. historical(a = adj.all) diachronic - used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics"
Derived form noun historicalness₂

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

historical, a. [L. historicus, Gr. "istoriko`s: cf. F. historique. See History.].

1. Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. [1913 Webster]
" There warriors frowning in historic brass." [1913 Webster]

2. having once lived, existed, or taken place in the real world; -- contrasted with legendary; as, the historical Jesus; doubt that a historical Camelot every existed; actual historical events. [WordNet 1.5]

3. Belonging to the past; as, historical (or historic) times; a historical character. [WordNet 1.5]

4. Within the period of time recorded in written documents; as, within historic times. Opposite of prehistoric. [WordNet 1.5]

5. Same as diachronic. [WordNet 1.5]

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.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

historical, adj.
1 of or concerning history (historical evidence).
2 belonging to history, not to prehistory or legend.
3 (of the study of a subject) based on an analysis of its development over a period.
4 belonging to the past, not the present.
5 (of a novel, a film, etc.) dealing or professing to deal with historical events.
6 in connection with history, from the historian's point of view (of purely historical interest).

Derivative:
historically adv.