The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-20
worcester's Universal and Critical Die,
tionary OF the English Language.
BY j T. WoRcEsIER LII. ID

One Oolllne, 500. sheep, 1882 pagss-Prics S3 so
The publishers respectfully invite attention 10 the
following eminent testimony 10 the excellence OF
this standard dictionary.
The execution OF this Dictionary fully answers
to it's title The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference is made TO
AUTHORITIES with respect TO words newly intro
duced and is taken to note such as are techni
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
tanning TO technical and scientfc terms are spe-
cally valuable TO the general reader The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNuNcIA-
TIoN. His system of Notation, which is easily un-
derstood, and founded on more complete analysis
OF the vowel sounds than have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan Of exhibiting all the
best English authorities in relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepiss, gives to
this work important advantages as Pronouncng
dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
huctuating, he has aimed to be Consistent, and TO
reduce TO the same rules words OF similar forrna-
ton. The insertion Of Grammatical forms and in
Elections OF words to 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 Ameri
can of words interspersed through the volume,
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pious Vocabulary of Modern Geographical names.
with their prOna sI,; I and greatly enlarged
nunciation of Classical and Scripture proper names
are important appendages to the Dictionary
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among cultivated English readers, and men of wide
learning, affords good testimony Of its merits. We
confidently recommend it as containing ample
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