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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. |
ANNI'HILATE, v.t. [L. ad and nihilum, nothing, of ne, not, and hilum, a trifle.]
To reduce to
nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to
be.
It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive
properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees.
"To
annihilate the army." Macaulay. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or
attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of;
as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
Annihilated.
[Archaic] Swift. | ||||||||