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hist
1[ st, sst; spelling pronunciation hist ]
interjection
- (a sibilant exclamation used to attract attention or urge silence).
hist-
2- variant of histo- before a vowel:
histidine.
hist.
3abbreviation for
- histology.
- historian.
- historical.
- history.
hist
/ hɪst /
interjection
- an exclamation used to attract attention or as a warning to be silent
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Origin of hist1
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Example Sentences
For examples of walls or ceilings being painted with various subjects, see Warton's Hist.
For full bibliography (to 1904) see Ulysse Chevalier, Rpertoire des sources hist.
For a comprehensive bibliography, including monographs and published documents, see Ulysse Chevalier, Rpertoire des sources hist.
It really appears as if this wrong translation arose solely through Aristotle; for, as is clear from his Hist.
If Hist was not satisfied with this explanation, she did not deem the point of sufficient importance to be pressed.
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