The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-04
WOrcester's Universal and Critical Die
tiOnary OF the English Language.
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BYJ. K. WORCESTER, LII. ID
One uolume, SEQ. sheep, 1882 PGgss-Priee S3 80
The publishers respectfully invite attention to the
following eminent testimony the excellence oi
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution of this Dctionaryfullya 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 careis 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 areWpc-
cially valuable to the general reader The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoHUEcIA-
TIoN. His system Of Notation, which is easily un-
derstood, and founded on 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 orthoepsts, gives to
this work important advantages as Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no ar
bltrary changes, but where usage is various and
huctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and TO
reduce to the same rules words OF similar forina-
tlon. Theinsertion OF Grammatical forms and irl-
tiections Of words to much greater extent than
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can uses of fwordsinterspersed through the volume,
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pious Vocabulary of Modern G Geographical names
with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walkers Key TO the pro-
nunciation Of Classcaland Scripturepropcr names,
are important appendages to the Dictionary.
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| confidently recommend it as containing ample
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