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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. |
EX'TRICATE, v.t. [L. extrico. The primary verb trico is not in the Latin. We probably see its affinities in the Gr. hair, or a bush of hair, from interweaving, entangling. I suspect that three is contracted from this root; three for threg, folded, or a plexus. The same word occurs in intricate and intrigue; Eng. trick.
To free, as from difficulties or
perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to
extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.
We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles. Eustace. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to
extricate heat or moisture.
Syn. -- To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve; evolve; set free; liberate. | ||||||||