The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-02
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tlonnry OF the English Language.
BY ]. II. WoRcEsrER, IL. D

By Z. WORCESTER, LII. ID
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to its title. The VOCABULARY ia probably more
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AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
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pEFINITIoNs are clear and exact, and those per-
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! Dictionary. In oRTHooRAPHY he has made no ar
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| reduce to the rules words of similar forma-
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