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worcester,s Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language.

WOrcester's Um1verSAl anu SA'sA~
tionary OF the English Lang us8e'
BYJ. <. WORCESTER, LII. ID.
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following eminent testimony TO the excehehooo u
this standard dictionary. ,.
The execution of this Dictionary iuiiy ahswo'e
TO its title The VOCABULARY Is proDapig ni nL
comprehensive than that of all preceding Eng hsh
Dictionaries united. Constant reference Is maue :"
AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly ihtro
duced, and care is taken to note such as are
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. Inc
DEFINITIONS clear and exact, and those per
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has evidently bestowed great labor ON PRoNuNciA-
TON His system of Notation, which is easily I'M
derstood and founded on a more complete analysis
of the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan Of exhibiting al the
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Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has MADE no ar,
btrary changes, but where usage Is various ana
fiuctuating he has aimed TO be consistent, and to
reduce TO the same rules words OF similar lorna
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| confidently recommend it as containing an ample
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