eat difficulty of translation is to give the
thought expressed in one _language_ in the _idiom_ of another. A
_dialect_ may be used by the highest as well as the lowest within its
range; a _patois_ is distinctly illiterate, belonging to the lower
classes; those who speak a _patois_ understand the cultured form of
their own language, but speak only the degraded form, as in the case of
the Italian lazzaroni or the former negro slaves in the United States.
_Vernacular_, from the Latin, has the same general sense as the Saxon
_mother tongue_, of one's native _language_, or that of a people; as,
the Scriptures were translated into the _vernacular_. Compare DICTION.

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LARGE.

Synonyms:

abundant, coarse, gigantic, long,
ample, colossal, grand, massive,
big, commodious, great, spacious,
broad, considerable, huge, vast,
bulky, enormous, immense, wide.
capacious, extensive,

_Large_ denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the
average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a _large_
surface or a _large_ solid, but of a _long_ line; a _large_ field, a
_large_ room, a _large_ apple, etc. A _large_ man is a man of more than
ordinary size; a _great_ man is a man of remarkable mental power. _Big_
is a more emphatic word than _large_, but of less dignity. We do not say
that George Washington was a _big_ man.

Antonyms:

brief, limited, minute, scanty, small,
diminutive, little, narrow, short, tiny,
inconsiderable, mean, paltry, slender, trifling,
infinitesimal, microscopic, petty, slight, trivial.
insignificant,

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LAW.

Synonyms:

canon, economy, legislation, principle,
code, edict, mandate, regulation,
command, enactment, order, rule,
commandment, formula, ordinance, statute.
decree, jurisprudence, polity,

_Law_, in its ideal, is the statement of a _principle_ of right in
mandatory form, by competent authority, with adequate penalty for
disobedience; in common use, the term is applied to any legislative act,
however imperfect or unjust. _Command_ and _commandment_ are personal
and particular; as, the _commands_ of a parent; the ten _commandments_.
An _edict_ is the act of an absolute sovereign or ot