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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. |
TENA'CIOUS, a. [L. tenax, from teneo, to hold.]
Holding fast, or inclined to hold
fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of
their just rights.
Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious
memory.
Having parts apt to adhere to each other;
cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more
tenacious than oil.
Sir I. Newton. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous;
viscous; sticking; adhesive.
"Female feet, too weak to struggle with
tenacious clay." Cowper. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
Ainsworth. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose;
obstinate; stubborn.
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