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historify

historify verb: to record in or as history.

Verb

historify (third-person singular simple present historifies, present participle historifying, simple past and past participle historified)

  1. To record in or as history.
    • thie conquest meete to be historified1599, Sir Philip Sidney, Psalms
    • they must rob from perfect assent to that church which you have their attendance on the worship every minute so worthily historified1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC

Forms of historify

third-person singular presenthistorifies
present participlehistorifying
past participlehistorified
pasthistorified

Origin of historify

From history + -fy.

Questions about historify

What does historify mean?
Historify means to record in or as history.
What part of speech is historify?
Historify is a verb.
What is the past tense of historify?
The past tense of historify is historified.

Words near historify in the dictionary

  1. historiettes
  2. historification
  3. historifications
  4. historified
  5. historifies
  6. historify
  7. historifying
  8. historio-
  9. historiograph
  10. historiographer
  11. historiographers

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