The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-13
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Worcester's Universal and Criticai dc
tionary OF the English Language.

BY. L. WORCESTER, LII. ID.
One UoIu,ne, Soo sheep, 1882 pages-Pr'ce y o.
The publishers respectfully invite attention 70 inc
following eminent testimony 10 the eHcchehoooi
this standard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionary fully answers
TO Its title. The VOCABULARY Is probably nnoie
comprehensive than that of all preceding Enghsh
Dictionaries united. Constant reference Is MADE 70
AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly intro-
duced and care is taken TO note such as are tecnn
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. Inc
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact and those per-
tanning 10 technical and scientific terms are spe-
cially valuable TO the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNuNcIA-
TON His system of Notation, which is easily I'M
derstood, and founded on more complete analysis
of the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
WITH together with his plan of exhibiting all the
best English authorities in relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
this work important advantages as Pronouncipg
Dictionary. In oRTBoGRAPHy he has made no ar
btrary changes, but where usage Is various and
huctuatng, he has aimed TO be consistent, and to
reduce to the same rules words OF similar lorna
ton. The insertion OF Grammatical forms and IN
Elections of words TO much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the photography, the pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton and the peculiar, technical local, and Ameri
can uses of words interpreted through the volume,
give to this work much additional value. The CO.
pious Vocabulary of Modern Geographical names,
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
nunciation of Classical and Scripture proper names,
arc important appendages to the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
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| among cultivated English readers, and men OF wide
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