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chronicle definition
chroni·cle (krän′i kəl)
noun
- a historical record or register of facts or events arranged in the order in which they happened
- 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
Related Forms:
- chronicler chron′i·cler (-klər) noun
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