Words in History

Then & Now Definition of Words Used in History

• hospital
• then: large house on road that was used to entertain travelers
• now: institution providing medical and surgical treatment
• last
• then:  highest, utmost
• now:  coming after all others
• investment
• then:  putting clothes on
• now:  the action of investing money
• manage
• then:  the age of which one became a man
• now:  be in charge of
• basement
• then:  toilet
• now:  floor of building partly or entirely below ground level