单词 | historify |
释义 | historifyv. 1. transitive. To relate the history of; to record or celebrate in history. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > historical record or chronicle > record in history or chronicle [verb (transitive)] chroniclea1440 storyc1449 historyc1475 historifya1586 annal1606 annalize1616 storify1616 chronography1634 historiate1780 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > write or narrate history of [verb (transitive)] storyc1449 historize1572 historifya1586 storify1616 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. f. 39 O Muse historifie Her praise, whose praise to learne your skill hath framed me. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxvi. 10 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 101 Thie conquest meete to be historified. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 295 The third time..wherein matters have been more truly historified, and may therefore be beleeved. View more context for this quotation 1656 W. Dugdale Antiq. Warwickshire 289/2 Touching the manner and form of which vows I shall speak in Warwick when I come to historify the family of those Earls and their posterity. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §15. 132 On Perusal of this whole Time, as it stands historified by him. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. iii. ii. 466 The orator..only poetically historified the life of his excellent heroine. 1823 C. Lamb Tombs in Abbey in Elia (1833) 124 That Church which you have so worthily historified. 1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge v. 28 In one of the years of the ten which this volume historifies. 1901 D. T. Young Neglected People of Bible 150 They indite epitaphs which eloquently historify the virtues of the departed. 1986 Drama Rev. 30 15 The more we try to document and historify performance, the more wily and slippery and broad it becomes. 2. intransitive. To write history; to narrate or relate something. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > write or narrate history [verb (intransitive)] historize1598 historify1614 1614 W. Alexander Doomes-day ii. l. sig. F2v I must historifie, and not diuine. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ii. 75 As th' author doth of him historifie. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 201 I have been historifying successfully. 1996 Scotsman 16 May 21 He philosophises and historifies with the help of musicians and writers as diverse as Seamus Ennis and Mark Twain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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