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historying

historying is the present participle and gerund of history.

Meaning of history

Verb

history (third-person singular simple present histories, present participle historying, simple past and past participle historied)

  1. (obsolete) To narrate or record.
    • And therefore will hee wipe his Tables cleane,
      And keepe no Tell-tale to his Memorie,
      That may repeat, and Historie his lossec. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...

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Questions about historying

What is historying the present participle and gerund of?
Historying is the present participle and gerund of history.

Words near historying in the dictionary

  1. history sheet
  2. history sheets
  3. history-sheeter
  4. history-sheeters
  5. historybounding
  6. historying
  7. historyless
  8. historylessness
  9. historylike
  10. historymaker
  11. historymakers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: historying (page history and authors); history (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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