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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. |
PREPAR'ATIVE,a. Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying or fitting for any thing; preparatory.
PREPAR'ATIVE, n. That which has the power of preparing or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares.
Tending to prepare or make ready;
having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting;
preparatory.
Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. South. That which has the power of preparing, or
previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares.
"A
preparative unto sermons." Hooker. That which is done in the way of
preparation.
"Necessary preparatives for our voyage."
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