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The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or wr…

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  1. n. The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.
  2. n. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.
  3. n. A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.
  4. n. treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography.
  5. v. i. To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
  6. n. the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
  7. n:100 n. the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)