historical

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: his=tor=i=cal
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

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

•  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]
•  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]
•  Belonging to the past; as, historical (or historic) times; a historical character.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  Within the period of time recorded in written documents; as, within historic times. Opposite of prehistoric.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  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.

THESAURUS

historical

absolute, actual, admitting no question, ascertained, attested, authentic, authenticated, autobiographical, biographical, categorically true, certain, certified, chronologic, confirmable, confirmed, corroborated, de facto, demonstrable, demonstratable, demonstrated, determined, documentary, documented, effectual, established, factual, for real, genuine, hagiographic, historic, historied, historiographic, honest-to-God, inappealable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefragable, irrefutable, legendary, martyrologic, not in error, objectively true, positive, provable, proved, real, recorded, reliable, self-evident, substantial, substantiated, sure-enough, testable, traditional, true, true as gospel, truthful, unanswerable, unconfutable, unconfuted, undeniable, undenied, undoubted, unerroneous, unfallacious, unfalse, unimpeachable, unmistaken, unquestionable, unrefutable, unrefuted, validated, veracious, verifiable, verified, veritable