adj.
- famous or important in history, or potentially so.
▸archaic of the past.
- Grammar (of a tense) used in the narration of past events, especially Latin and Greek imperfect and pluperfect.
Usage
Historic and historical are used in slightly different ways. Historic means ‘famous or important in history’ (a historic occasion), whereas historical chiefly means ‘concerning history’ (historical evidence).
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