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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
AD'JUNCT,n. [L. adjunctus, joined, from adjungo. See Join.]
AD'JUNCT, a. Added to or united with, as an adjunct professor.
Conjoined; attending;
consequent.
Though that my death were adjunct to my act. Adjunct notes (Mus.), short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes. Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part
of it.
Learning is but an adjunct to our self. A person joined to another in some duty or
service; a colleague; an associate.
Wotton. A word or words added to quality
or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American
Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or
adjuncts of "History."
A quality or property of the
body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the
body, judgment in the mind.
A key or scale closely related to
another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant
keys, under Attendant,
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