The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-19
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
uonary OF the English Language.
BY j. e. WoRcEsrER LII. ID

by - r. WORCESTER, LII. ID
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TO Its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that Of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference Is made ID
AurHoRITIEs with respect 70 words newly intro
duced and care is taken to note such as are techni
cal, foreign, obsolete provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS clear and exact, and those per.
tanning TO technical and scientific terms are spe-
cially valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNuNcIA.
TON His system of Notation, which is easily un-
derstood, and founded on a 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 TO words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepsts gives to
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Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHy he has made ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
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reduce TO the same rules words of similar forma-
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fiections OF words To much greater extent than
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can uses OF words interspersed through the volume,
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learning, affords good testimony OF its merits. We
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- Bishop of Pennsylvania
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