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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. |
WAIVE, n. A woman put out of the protection of the law.
A waif; a castaway.
[Obs.]
Donne. A woman put out of the
protection of the law. See Waive,
To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to
insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.
He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all. Chaucer. We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others. Barrow. To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to
desert.
To throw away;
to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he
chooses.
To turn aside; to
recede.
[Obs.]
To waive from the word of Solomon. Chaucer. | ||||||||