The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-08-22
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionnry OF the Enslis Language.
BrJ. L. WORCESTER, LII. ID

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The execution OF this Dictionary fully answers
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AUTHORITIES with respect To words newly intro
duced and care s taken TO note such az arc tcchn-
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pEFiSITioNs are clear and exact, and those per-
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of the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
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entity pronounced by different orthocpists gives 20
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huctuating, he has aimed 10 be consistent, and to
reduce 10 the same rules words Of similar iOrma-
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