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Historic

Historic Meaning & Definition
Historic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Historic?

[adj] important in history; "the historic first voyage to outer space"
[adj] belonging to the past; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"
[adj] of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Historic: historical | historical | important | of import | past

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Historic In Webster's Dictionary

\His*tor"ic\, Historical \His*tor"ic*al\, a. [L. historicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. historique. See {History}.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- {His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope. {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.

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