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comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference is made 10
AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly intro
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DEFINITIONS clear and exact, and those per-
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best English authorities in relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepsts, gives TO
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reduce to the same rules words of similar forma-
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can uses OF words interspersed through the volume,
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