The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-18
worcestor's Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English LaIiuaEe
BY z. WoRcEsrER, LID

By J. Z. WORCESTER, III ID
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following eminent testimony TO hexcelence OF
this standard dictionary.
The execution of this Dictionary lily answers
to its title. The VOCABULARY ia pbably more
comprehensive than that of all pr,cdng English
Dictionaries united. Constant refefeR Is made t.
AUTHORITIES with respect To words ewly intro
duced, and care is taken to note such are techni-
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DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, al those per-
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TON. His system Of Notation, which easily un-
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of the vowel sounds than We have ekvhere met
with, together with his plan Of exhifng all the
best English authorities in relation to Irds differ
emily pronounced by different orthoePs, gives to
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Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has hde no ar
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