a. Ancestral. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With regard to ancestors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the beavers.
Syn. -- family Castoridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From 1st Castor. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ The minerals castor and pollux were so named because found together on the island of Elba. See Castor and Pollux. ] (Min.) A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. consistorial. ] Of or pertaining to a consistory. “Consistorial laws.” Hooker. “Consistorial courts.” Bp. Hoadley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. [ 1913 Webster ]

You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. anabolic. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- constructive-metabolic(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Haustoria [ LL., a well, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to drink. ] (Bot.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. R. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. historialis: cf. F. historial. ] Historical. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. historien. ] 1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even the historian takes great liberties with facts. Sir J. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One versed or well informed in history. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great captains should be good historians. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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. -- His*tor"ic*al*ness, n. -- His*to*ric"i*ty n. [1913 Webster]

There warriors frowning in historic brass. Pope. [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.
Syn. -- diachronic. [WordNet 1.5]

5. (Linguistics) Same as diachronic. synchronic [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. [1913 Webster]

adv. In the manner of, or in accordance with, history. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Related in history. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An historian. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., dim. of histoire a history. ] Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a story. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ History + -fy. ] To record in or as history. [ R. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy conquest meet to be historified. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. historiographus, Gr. "istoriogra`fos; "istori`a history + gra`fein to write: cf. F. historiographe. ] An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an historiographer. Saintsbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of employment of an historiographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; history + -logy. ] A discourse on history. Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; history + &unr_; to distribute. ] One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them. [ 1913 Webster ]

And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To relate as history; to chronicle; to historicize. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Eccl. Hist.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople in the fifth century, who was condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of God though she might be called the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, India, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. Opposed to Eutychian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or relating to the Nestorians. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warrior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrines of the Nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pastor; cf. Auditorium. ] A parsonage; -- so called in some Baptist churches. [ Southern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to a period before written history begins; as, the prehistoric ages; prehistoric man. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half or party historical. Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Historical. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Story. ] 1. Told in a story. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the associations of the past. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some greedy minion, or imperious wife,
The trophied arches, storied halls, invade. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can storied urn, or animated bust,
Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having (such or so many) stories; -- chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A relater of stories; an historian. [ Obs. ] Bp. Peacock. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Story + -fy. ] To form or tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. urere, ustum, to burn. ] Having the quality of burning. [ R. ] I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]