The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-21
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wOreester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language.
ByJ.E. WoRcEsTER, IL. D.

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One ooltime, SEQ sheep, 1892 pages-Priee " Oh.
The publishers respectfully invite attention TO the
following eminent testimony to the excellence OF
this standard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionary fully answers
To It's title The VOCABULARY Is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference If made 10
AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly intro-
duced, and care is taken to note such as are technl
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
tanning To technical and scientific terms are spe-
ciaily 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 orthoepsts, gives to
this work important advantages as a Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTnoGRAPHy he has made no
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
huctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and To
reduce to the same rules words OF similar forma-
ton. The insertion of Grammatical forms and in
Elections of words To IA much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, anS
the short critical notes on the photography, heT NJ
nuncaton, the grammatical form and cons''r a
ton, and the peculiar, technical, local, and Ameri-
can uses OF words lnterspersed through the volume
give to this work much additional value. The CO.
pious Vocabulary of Modern Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nuncaton of Classical and Scripture proper names,
are important appendages to the Dictionary
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published; and its already extensive use, both
among cultivated English readers, and men OF wide
learning, affords good testimony of its merits. We
confidently recommend it as containing an ample
and careful view of the present state of our Ian
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