The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-08-01
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
ttonnry OF the English Language.
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following eminent testimony to the excellence Of
this 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 10
AUTHORITIES with respect 10 words newly intro
duced and care is taken to note such are techni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per
tanning to technical and scientific terms spe-
cially valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoSUNcIA-
TioN. His system of Notation, which is easily un-
derstood, and founded on a more complete analysis
of the vowel sounds than VIC 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 as a Pronouncing
Dictionary In oHTHooRAPHY he has made no
sitrary changes, but where usage is various and
fiuctuating, he has aimed TO be consistent and 20
reduce TO the same rules words of similar forma-
ton. The insertion Of G Grammatical forms and in
Elections Of words 10 a much greater extent than
they given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the photography, the pro-
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ton, and the peculiar technical, local, and Ameri
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pious Vocabulary OF Modern Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and n greatly enlarged
and improved edition Of Walkers Key TO the pro-
nunciation of Classical and Scripture proper names,
important appendagcs to the Dictionary.
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learning, affords good testimony of it's merits. We
confidently recommend il as containing an ample
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