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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. |
INTENS'IVE, a. Stretched, or admitting of extension.
Stretched; admitting of intension, or
increase of degree; that can be intensified.
Sir M.
Hale. Characterized by persistence; intent;
unremitted; assiduous; intense.
[Obs.] Sir H.
Wotton. Serving to give force or
emphasis; as, an intensive verb or preposition.
That which
intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.
Designating, or pertaining to, any system of farming or
horticulture, usually practiced on small pieces of land, in which the
soil is thoroughly worked and fertilized so as to get as much return
as possible; -- opposed to extensive.
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