(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.
