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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. |
DESCRIPTIV,E, a. Containing description; tending to describe; having the quality of representing; as a descriptive figure; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age.
The fifth letter of
the English alphabet.
It derives its form, name, and value from
the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek,
into which it came from the Phœnician, and ultimately,
probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest
with the vowels i, a, and o, as illustrated by
to fall, to fell; man, pl. men;
drink, drank, drench; dint, dent;
doom, deem; goose, pl. geese;
beef, OF. boef, L. bos; and E. cheer, OF.
chiere, LL. cara.
The letter e has in English several vowel sounds, the two
principal being its long or name sound, as in eve, me,
and the short, as in end, best. Usually at the end of
words it is silent, but serves to indicate that the preceding vowel
has its long sound, where otherwise it would be short, as in
m See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 74-97. E is the third tone of the
model diatonic scale. E***flat] (E flat) is a tone which is
intermediate between D and E.
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