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English :: English (n.) The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries..

Purify :: Purify (v. t.) To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify a language..

Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .

Neo-latin :: Neo-Latin (a.) Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin..

Foreignism :: Foreignism (n.) Anything peculiar to a foreign language or people; a foreign idiom or custom.

Romanic :: Romanic (n.) Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc..

Arabism :: Arabism (n.) An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language.

Grecian :: Grecian (n.) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history..

Paraphrase :: Paraphrase (v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language..

Flowery :: Flowery (a.) Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style..

Euphuist :: Euphuist (n.) One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction..

Sea Language :: Sea language () The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.

Languaged :: Languaged (a.) Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.

Analogy :: Analogy (n.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly..

Saxonism :: Saxonism (n.) An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language.

Accommodation :: Accommodation (n.) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended..

Language :: Language (v. t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.

Ostic :: Ostic (a.) Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians..

Refined :: Refined (a.) Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments.

Agreement :: Agreement (n.) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises..

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