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comparative more historic, superlative most historic
Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history. examples
Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity. quotations examples
Sights are thick sown in the counties of York and Nottingham: the former is more historic.
1756 August, Horace Walpole, letter republished in Private Correspondence (1820), Vol. II, No. 1
(now uncommon) Synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.) quotations examples
An high-pac'd Muse treading a lofty march, leades honor enchaind in an Epique pen, grac'd with the furtherance of historique Clio.
1594, John Dickenson, Arisbas, Euphues amidst his slumbers; or, Cupids iourney to hell
(grammar) Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events. examples
plural historics
(obsolete) A history, a non-fiction account of the past. quotations
Before the beginnyng of this historic, I haue thought good by waie of a Proeme, to introduce the wordes of an excellent writer called Lodouicus Caelius Rhodoginus.
1566, William Painter, chapter XI, in The Palace of Pleasure Beautified, volume I
(obsolete) A historian.