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WEBSTER'S
NEW DlCYlONaRY.

5. CONVERSE proposes TO publish by SUBJ
scription AN AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF
of the English language. BIZ NOAH WEBSTER
L. L. ID.
This Dictionary will contain such parts OF the
best English Dictionaries as are well executeds
with the following Improvements:
/. .9ditioaat Words. The new words which
the great advances in the physical Sciences
within the last forty or fifty years, have enrich-
ed the language, and which are not inserted
in Johnson's Dictionary, nor the late improved
edition by Todd, amount to FIVE or six thou
sand. These, with the participles and other
words added, will augment the vocabulary
with nearly twenty thousand words.
| 2. Precise and Technical Definitions. The
! Dictionaries hitherto published are almost exc
clusvely translating dictionaries, in which one
word is defined by another that is synony-
nous, or nearly SO. OF this kind Of dictiona-
ries and lexicohs, We have many OF great ex-
cellence. But if there is any dictionary Of
the English language, Of price which places
| it within the means OF purchase which teach
ers in general possess, in which definitions are
sufficiently accurate, discriminating and TECH
meal, that work has not cone 10 the knowl-
edge Of the author of the proposed Dictiona-
| ry. The precision OF definitions in this work
Will, it is believed, supercedc the necessity Of
a book of synyms.
| 8. additional Sgnfcations The signifca.
j tons and distinct applications OF English
words, which are omitted by all the English
! photographers, and are inserted in this " orks
amount to between thirty and fifty thousand.
| Many OF these are among the most Important
senses in which the words are used.
| 4. .Ncro genealogical Deductions and a6fni-
mites. The obscurty which has rested on this
subject, and which has brought it into discre-
dit, will be, in good degree, dissipated by the
authors researches, and etyuology will be
made subservient to the illustration not only
OF words, but of history. Tins part Of the
work is the result OF ten years examination,
and comparison OF the principal radical words
in the following lang uages the Chaidee, SY-
tlac, He6rezc drabtc, Samaritan, EthiObic, and
{'ersic, III Asia and Africa, and in Europe, the
Gaelic or H6erio- Celtie, .3ngto- Saaon English,
German, Dutch, SlvceliSh Danish, Greek, Latin,
Italian, Spanish, French, RuSs, Gothic, UelsA,
and .9mortc. 1t is found that all these Ian.
guages serve to illustrate each other and are
useful in Calculating the English. A synopsis
Of the principal words in the languages has
been compiled, and viii be published, II suiti.
Gent patronage can hereafter be obtained.
| In the mean time, the results OF this labor.
which will appear in the Dictionary, will pre-
sent, Oh THIS subject, interesting views OF the
| history and atlinties OF these languages, which
| have escaped the observation OF European
photographers.
S. The peculiar scrptural uses of words,
most Of which arc omitted by English authors
OF dictionaries are explained and eAempliied.
3. The words beginning with are separate
ed from those which begin with :. as are those
which begin with q from those which be, III
with Y.
B., Z. Obsolete words, and words Of local use,
| mated az Ciicb aul Iba II nj ,l,ca-
tons of words in England and in the United
States, are specified as far as they are known.
The obsolete words include all that have been
! found IN books from the age OF Gower, and
| the law terms from the Norman French.
8. The different specifications or appliea-
| tons Of words, when not obvious and we'll
known, are illustrated by some short passage
from an author oi reputation, or by briet ia-
miliar sentence. Excmplihcations, however,
/ are not multiplied under each definition, as
the most judlcious scholars consider one ex.
ample as sufficient, and numerous extracts
from books serve only to swell the size and
price OF dictionary. American writer's Of
reputation are placed on footing with Eng.
fish writers, and cited as authorities
9. Many errors, which have escaped the no.
tee Of all English photographers, arc correct
Cd.
10. Words of irregular orthograrhy are
given, not only in the customary spelling, but
in letters which express the true pronuncia-
ton. This VIII be a sufficient guide to the
pronunciation, without the use of key
The publisher undertakes this work, with
! full confidence that his efforts will be literally
encouraged by the literary and wealthy classes
of the community. 1t is a work adapted to
the wants and capacity Of the man of business
US well as of the scholar. 1t is work of mag.
litude, and cannot be published without great
! expense, and therefore it cannot be undertake
en- without liberal patronage. To its pages
/ Mr.. Webster has devoted from twenty 10 thir.
! ty years Of almost exclusive and laborious APP
| plication. OF the result OF this application,
the publisher submits the following opinions.
as expressed in letters addressed to himself,
from gentlemen whose names have long been
conspicuous 10 the American public. The
work is .4merican, and is to confer honor on
the nation, as well as on the learned and indie.
tatisable author. The communications are
inset tied III the order Of the dates.
[lhen follow recommendations from some
of the most distinguished literary characters
in the United States.
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