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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. |
SUCCINCT', a. ]L. succinctus; sub and cingo, to surround.]
Girded or tucked up; bound;
drawn tightly together.
His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief;
concise.
Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. Roscommon. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. South. Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse. -- | ||||||||