The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-21
worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language.
BYJ. E. WoncEsrER, Ii. D

Df - E.' w VhCESTtR, LII. ~
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following eminent testimony To the excellence of
this standard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionary fully answers
10 its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that OF all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference Is made to
AUTHORITIES with respect 10 words newly intro
duced, and is taken to note such as are tccni.
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS clear and exact, and those per.
tanning 10 technical and scientific terms are spe-
cially valuable TO the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNcIA-
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derstood, and founded n 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 10 words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives To
this work important advantages a Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTBoGRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
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reduce to the same rules words of similar forina-
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Elections of words 10 much greater extent than
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pious Vocabulary OF Modern Geographical names.
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learning, affords good testimony Of it, merits We
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and careful view Of the present state Of our Ian
guage.
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