| (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. |
| (n.) | The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality. |
| (n.) | The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation. |
| (n.) | The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style. |
| (n.) | The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants. |
| (n.) | The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers. |
| (n.) | The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology. |
| (n.) | A race, as distinguished by its speech. |
| (v. t.) | To communicate by language; to express in language. |