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chronicler

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chron⋅i⋅cle

  [kron-i-kuhl] noun, verb, -cled, -cling.
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–noun
1. a chronological record of events; a history.
–verb (used with object)
2. to record in or as in a chronicle.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME cronicle < AF, var., with -le -ule, of OF cronique < ML cronica (fem. sing.), L chronica (neut. pl.) < Gk chroniká annals, chronology; see chronic

Related forms:
chron⋅i⋅cler, noun

Synonyms:
2. recount, relate, narrate, report.
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chron·i·cle   (krŏn'ĭ-kəl)   
n.  

  1. An extended account in prose or verse of historical events, sometimes including legendary material, presented in chronological order and without authorial interpretation or comment.

  2. A detailed narrative record or report.

  3. Chronicles (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Chr. or Chron. or Ch See Table at Bible.

tr.v.   chron·i·cled, chron·i·cling, chron·i·cles
To record in or in the form of a historical record.

[Middle English cronicle, from Anglo-Norman, alteration of Old French cronique, from Latin chronica, from Greek khronika (biblia), chronological (books), annals, neuter pl. of khronikos, of time; see chronic.]
chron'i·cler (-klər) n.
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Word Origin & History

chronicle  (n.)
1303, from O.Fr. chronique, from L. chronica, from Gk. chronika (biblia) "(books of) annals," neut. pl. of chronikos "of time." The verb is from c.1440.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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