chron

a. Chronic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Partly on a chronical, and partly on a topical method. J. A. Alexander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cronicle, fr. cronique, OF. cronique, F. chronique, L. chronica, fr. Gr. &unr_;, neut. pl. of &unr_;. See Chronic. ] 1. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A narrative of events; a history; a record. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.

Syn. - Register; record; annals. See History. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chronicled p. pr. & vb. n. Chronicling ] To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Chronicle. ] A chronicle. L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; time + &unr_; writing, character: cf. F. chronogramme. ] 1. An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The record or inscription made by a chronograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. chronogrammatique. ] Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of chronograms. [ 1913 Webster ]