[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"historical"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]of or relating to the study of history; "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective" [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/ahistorical"]ahistorical[/URL]] [*]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" [*]belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/historic"]historic[/URL]] [*]used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/diachronic"]diachronic[/URL]] [ant: [URL="http://www.word.sc/synchronic"]synchronic[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/historical"]http://www.word.sc/historical[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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