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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. |
SHRIVEL, v.i. shriv'l. [from the root of rivel.] To comtract; to draw or be drawn into wrinkles; to shrink and form corrugations; as, a leaf shrivels in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age.
To
draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations;
as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels
with age; -- often with up.
To cause to
shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
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