The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-18
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language.
BYJ. E. WoRcEsrER, LII. ID

Ope uoiums, 500. sh1ep, 1882 poges-Pr,cs S. so
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following eminent testimony TO the excellence OF
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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 TO
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced, and is taken To note such techni-
CAL foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS clear and exact, and those per-
tanning TO technical and scientific are spe-
cialy valuable TO the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on rRoNuscIA-
TIos. His system of Notation, which is easily un-
dcrstood, 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 words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives
this work important advantages a Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHooRAPhy he has made no
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
ductuating, he has aimed 10 be Consistent and to
reduce TO the same rules words OF similar forma-
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iections of words 10 much greater extent than
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nuncistion, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar, technical, local, and Ameri
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with their pronunciation, and a greatly enlarg
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