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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. |
ATTI'RE, v.t.
ATTI'RE, n.
To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to
clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
Finely attired in a robe of white. With the linen miter shall he be attired. Dress;
clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental
clothing.
Earth in her rich attire. I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her
attire? The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or
buck.
The internal parts of a flower,
included within the calyx and the corolla.
[Obs.]
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