The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-12-31
WOreester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary or the English Language.

By j. Z. WORCESTER, Ii. ID.
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The publishers respectfully invite attention the
following eminent testimony TO the excellence OF
this standard dictionary.
The execution Of this Dictionary fully answers
TO Its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference Is made to
AUTHORITIES with respect To words newly intro
duced and care Is taken to note such techni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS clear and exact, and those per-
tanning To technical and scientific terms spc-
cially valuable TO the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor PRoNUNcIA-
TON. His system Of Notation, which is easily un-
derstood, and founded on more complete anal ysis
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 orthoepiss, gives to
this work important advantages as Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
fuctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and 10
reduce To the same rules words OF similar forna-
ton. The insertion OF Grammatical forms and in
Elections of words to a much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes on the photography, tho pro-
nunciation, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical, local, and Amer
can uses of words interspersed 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-
nunciation of Classical and Scripture proper names,
are important appendages TO the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
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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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