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Bible Dictionaries
Language
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.
(2):
(v. t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.
(3):
(n.) The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
(4):
(n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
(5):
(n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
(6):
(n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
(7):
(n.) The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
(8):
(n.) Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
(9):
(n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Language'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/language.html. 1828.
