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chronicle definition

chroni·cle (krän′i kəl)

noun

  1. a historical record or register of facts or events arranged in the order in which they happened
  2. a narrative; history

Etymology: ME & Anglo-Fr cronicle < OFr chronique < ML chronica < L, pl., pertaining to time, chronicles < Gr chronika, annals, pl. of chronikos: see chronic

transitive verb chronicled -·cled, chronicling -·cling

to tell or write the history of; put into a chronicle

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