The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-09-21
Worcoster's Universal and Critical Die.
uonary OF the English Language


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The publishers respectfully invite attention 70 the
following eminent testimony ~ the excellence OF
TINS 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 20
AUTHORITIES with respect 10 words newly intro
duced, and care is taken 10 note such arc techni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial or yulgar. The
DEFINITIoNs arc clear and exact, and those pcr-
tanning 20 technical and scientific terms are spe-
Clally valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNuNcGA-
TON HIS system OF Notation, which is easily un-
dcrstood, and founded a more complete anal vsis
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 orthocpists gives TO
this work important advantages a Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage Is various and
huctuating, lac has aimed TO be consistent, and to
reduce to the same rules words Of similar iorrna-
ton. The insertion Of Grammatical forms and in
Elections Of words 10 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 Amcri
can uses OF words ntcrspcrscd through the volume,
give 10 this work much additional value The e.,
pious Vocabulary Of Modern G Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and a greatly enlarged
and improved edition Of Walkers Key 10 the pro
nunciaton of Classical and Scripture proper names
arc important appCndagcs to the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
was published; aud it, already extensive usc both
among cultivated English readers, and men of wide
learning, affords good testimony OF its merits. We
confidently recommend il as containing an ample
and careful view Of the present state OF our Ian
guage.
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Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
History, Harvard University.
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Justice U. s. Supreme Court, Ohio
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Professor Of Sacred Literature
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Abbot Professor Of Christian Theology Thco.
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Harvard University.
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