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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. |
EXPA'TIATE, v.i. [L. expatior; ex and spatior, to wander, to enlarge in discourse, spatium, space, probably allied to pateo, to open.
To range at large, or without restraint.
Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. Pope. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be
copious in argument or discussion; to descant.
He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade. Addison. To expand; to
spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. Dryden. | ||||||||