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A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a he…

One who romances.

One who practices chiromancy. Dryden.

One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.

To exceed in romantic character. [R.] Fuller.

The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.

A chiromancer.

The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

ictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances. The office of fiction as a vehicle of instruction and moral elevation has been recognized by most if not all great educators. Dict. of Education.

d with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history compo…

dorn with pictures, as a book or a subject; to elucidate with pictures, as a history or a romance.

The plot or romance; a complicated scheme of designs, actions, and events. Pope.

One skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.

Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin.

A necromancer. [Obs.] These false enchanters or nigromanciens. Chaucer.

In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went bef…

remonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over. So ladies in romance assist their knight, Present the spear, and arm him for the fight. Pope.

A necromancer. [R.]

A romancer. [R.]

Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful. Romanesque style (Arch.), that which grew up from the attempts of barbarous people to copy Roman architecture and apply it to their own purposes. This term is loosely applied to all the styles of Western Europe, from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the appearance…