An vs. Historic
Difference Between An and Historic
An➦
the form of the indefinite article used before words beginning with a vowel sound.
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famous or important in history, or potentially so
the area's numerous historic sites
a historic occasion
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An➦
And if; if
"an it please your majesty / To hunt the panther and the hart with me" (Shakespeare).
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Historic➦
(of a tense) used in the narration of past events, especially Latin and Greek imperfect and pluperfect.
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An➦
one
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Having importance in or influence on history.
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An➦
(archaic) If
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Historical.
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(archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
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Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
A historic opportunity
July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.
The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.
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An➦
(archaic) As if; as though.
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Historic➦
Old-fashioned, untouched by modernity.
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An➦
The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
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Historic➦
synonym of historical: of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history or the past generally (See usage notes.)
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An➦
In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
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Historic➦
(grammar) Various grammatical tenses and moods specially used in retelling past events.
The historic tenses include the imperfect, the pluperfect, and the future perfect.
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An➦
This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every.
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Historic➦
(obsolete) A history, a non-fiction account of the past.
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If; - a word used by old English authors.
Nay, an thou dalliest, then I am thy foe.
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(obsolete) A historian.
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an associate degree in nursing
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Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.
There warriors frowning in historic brass.
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having once lived, existed, or taken place in the real world; - contrasted with legendary; as, the historical Jesus; doubt that a historical Camelot every existed; actual historical events.
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Belonging to the past; as, historical (or historic) times; a historical character.
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Within the period of time recorded in written documents; as, within historic times. Opposite of prehistoric.
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Same as diachronic.
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belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past;
historic victories
historical (or historic) times
a historical character
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important in history;
the historic first voyage to outer space
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