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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. |
INVEST'ITURE, n. The action of giving possession, or livery of seizin.
The act or ceremony of investing, or the
state of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession;
also, the right of so investing.
He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops. Sir W. Raleigh. Livery of
seizin.
The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony of corporal investiture, or open delivery of possession. Blackstone. That with which anyone is invested or
clothed; investment; clothing; covering.
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