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