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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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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. |
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1828 Definition
ENGRO'SS, v.t.
1913 Definition
To make gross,
thick, or large] to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
[Obs.]
Waves . . . engrossed with mud. Spenser. Not sleeping, to engross his idle body. Shak. To amass.
[Obs.]
To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf. Shak. To copy or write in a large hand (en
gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in
distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like
instrument on parchment.
Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials. Hawthorne. Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail. De Quincey. To seize in the gross; to take the whole
of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all
his thoughts.
To purchase either the whole or large
quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a
profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or
degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to
engross power.
Engrossed bill (Legislation), one which has been plainly engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments, preparatory to final action on its passage. -- Engrossing hand (Penmanship), a fair, round style of writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc. Syn. -- To absorb; swallow up; imbibe; consume; exhaust; occupy; forestall; monopolize. See Absorb. | ||||||||
Noah Says...
The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all of our civil constitutions and laws....All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible.
History of the United States :: 1832
The first vision, Vision::Reprint, has an intent to make a modern printing of the first dictionary of the American language available to the public for under $25. To accomplish this, several tasks are being considered. The first task, Task::Access, involves the digitizing of the original 1828 dictionary. The dictionary is available in microfilm (American Culture Series, Reel 335.6-336.1, Michigan University Microfilms) at many universities. To digitize the microfilm as a batch process requires a special scanner.
