The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-23
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tIOnary or the English Language
BYJ.E. WoRcEsTER, Lib

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The execution of this Dictionaryfullyan
to its title The VOCABULARY s 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 care s taken to note such aretechni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or 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 PRoNUNcIA-
TIoN. his system OF Notation, which IS easily un-
der5tood, and founded 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 orthoepists, gives
this work important advantages as Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no ar
bitrary changes, but where is various and
Huctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and to
reduce to the same rules words OF similar forma-
ton The insertion of Grammatcaliormsa and iD-
Elections of words TO much greater extent than
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Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
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Justice U. S. Supreme Court Ohio.
Professor of Sacred Literature,
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Bishop of Pennsylvania
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