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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. |
M`ASTERY, n. Dominion; power of governing or commanding.
The position or authority of a master;
dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops. Sir W. Raleigh. Superiority in war or competition;
victory; triumph; preëminence.
The voice of them that shout for mastery. Ex. xxxii. 18. Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. 1 Cor. ix. 25. O, but to have gulled him Contest for superiority.
[Obs.]
Holland. A masterly operation; a feat.
[Obs.]
I will do a maistrie ere I go. Chaucer. Specifically, the philosopher's
stone.
[Obs.] The act process of mastering; the state of
having mastered.
He could attain to a mastery in all languages. Tillotson. The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. Locke. | ||||||||