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S. CONVERSE proposes to publish b, sub
scription IN AMERICAN DICTIONARY o-
of the English language. BYNoAH WEBsTkn,f
l.. L. ID.
This Dictionary will contain such parts OF the
best English Dictionaries as are well executed
with the following Improvements:
l. .4dat,onai Words. The new words when
the great advances in the ply steal sciences,
within the last forty fifty years, have enrich.
ed the language, and which are not inserted
i'll Johnson's Dictionary nor the late improved
edition by Todd, amount to five or slx theu-
sand. These, with the partciples and Other
words added, will augment the vocabulary
with Early twent, thousand words.
2. Precise and 1echaieai Defniaons. The
Dictionaries hitherto published are almost eX.
clusyey translatlng dictionaries, IN which one
word is defined by another that is synony.
nous, or nearly SO. OF tins KIND OF dicilohas
res and leXcons. we have many OF great ex.
cellence. But if there is any dictionar. %
the English language, OF price which places
it within the means Of purchase winch teach"
ers in general possess, in which definitions are
sufficiently accurate, discriminating and tech.
meal, that work has not come to the kno"l-
edge Of the author OF the proposed Dict'ona-
ry. The precision OF definitions in this work
will, 1t is believed, supercede the necessity OF
book OF synyms.
! 3. .4dliao,aat Specifications. The signisica-
tons and distinct applications OF EnS hsh
words, which are omitted by all the Eigilsh
photographers, and are inserted IN this u *
amount to between thirty and fifty thouA.sid.
Many of these are among the most important
senses in which the words are esed.
4. Mere Chronological Deductions and e.tiai-
mites. The obscurity which has rested Oh This
subject, and which has brought il into dlsere.
dit, VIII be, in good degree, dlssipated By the
authors researches, and etyuoogy viii be
| made subservient 10 the Illustration not ony
OF words, but of history. Tins rart q ne
work Is the result ct len years examlIsuons
and comparison OF the principal radical vefas
IN the following languages The Chaidee- aY-
'iac, Hedfezo, .4rabtc Samaritan, Ethiebita oad
Pelstc, IN Asia and Africa, and III Europe lie
Gaelic or Ht6eino- Ieitic, .4agl SaI0n EAs iahs
| CetmaH, Duleh, Swedtsl, Bauah, Greek, Lam,
Italian, apanish, French, AiSs, Gothic, u eSh,
and .4imoric. 1t is found that all these iAn-
guages serve to illustrate each other AID Al c
useful in Calculating the English. Asynorsis
of the principal words IN the languages has
been compiled, and will be published, il sufh-
Gent patronage can hereafter be ob,aned.
In the mean time, the results OF This aDQIs
which will appear in the Dictionary, VIII PR.
sent, on this subject, interesting views OF Inc
history and sfiihties Of these languages, which
have escaped the observation OF European
eXicographers
S. The peculiar scrip;ural uses OF words.
most of which are omitted by English authors
of dictionaries are explained and exemplitied.
e. The words beginning with are sepai at.
ed from those which begin with J, as are those
which begin with U from those Which begin
with y
z. Obsolete words, and words of local use.
are noted as such, and the different apphca'
tlons OF words III England and in the United
States, are specified as far as they are known.
The obsolete woras include ali that have been
found in books from the age OF Cover aid
the law terms from the Norman French.
s. The dHere sgnifications OF applica.
lions of words, when ~ obvious and web
known, are illustrated by some short pass sc
from an author of reputation, or by biiei ia
mliar sentence. EXemplifications however
are not multiplied under each definition, q
the most judcious scholars consider one tx
ample as sufficient, and numerous extracts
from books serve only to swell the size aud
price OF dictionary. American writers oi
reputation are placed on q footing with Eng.
lsh writer's, and cited as authorities.
y. Many errors, which have escaped the Hq-
tce Of all English photographers, are correct,
ed.
10. Words of irregular photography are
given, not only in the customary spelling, hut
in letters which express the true pronu es.
ton. This will be a sufficient guide to the
pronunciation, without the use of a key.
The publisher undertakes tins work, with
full confidence that his efforts will be literally
encouraged By the literary and wealthy Classes
of the community. 1t is work adapted 10
the wants and capacity OF the man OF business
as well as OF the scholar 1t is work OF mag.
nitude, and cannot be published without grea!
expense, and therefore il cannot be underlak.
ell without liberal patronage. To its pages
Mr.. Webster has des oted from twenty "a thr-
ty years of almost exclusive and loborious ap.
pication 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 to the American public. The
1 work is american, and is to confer honor on
the nation, as well as on the learned and inde-
fatigable author. The communications are
inserted in the order of the dates.
T'Then follow recommendations from some
of the most distinguished literary characters
in the United States.l
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