The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-01-11
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tiOnnry OF the Eng lish Language.
By j r., WoRCEsTER LII. ID

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The execution of this Dictionary fully answers
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comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united Constant reference is made to
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced, and care is taken to note such tcchni-
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DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
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best English authorities in relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives
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Dictionary. In oRTHoGnAPHY he has made
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reduce to the same rules words of similar forma-
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Elections of words to much greater extent than
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JARED SPARKS, LII. d.
Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
History, Harvard University.
JOHN MCLEAN, LII. d.
Justice U. s. Supreme Court, Ohio
MOSES STUART, d. d.
Professor of Sacred Literature,
Seminary, Andover, Mass.
EDWARDSA. PARK, d. ID.
Abbot Professor of Christian Theology, Theo-
logical Seminary, Andover, Mass.
LEONARD WOODS, Jr., ID. ID.
President of Bowdoin College, Me.
N. LORD, ID. d.
- President Of Dartmouth Dart College, N. H.
,,n President den Of Amherst College, Mass
President Of Williams College, Mass
EDWARD 7. CLAIMING, LII. D.
Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory
Harvard University.
HENRY w. LONGFELLow, Am.
Professor Of Bellies Lettrcs, Harvard Uni
ALoNzo POTTER, D. D.,LL.D.
SIDNEY WILLARD, A. M,
Late Professor of Hebrew, sc. Harvard Uni
BENZ. HALE, d. d.
President of Geneva College, N. Y.
RoBLEY DUNGLIsON, M. d.
Professor in jefferson Med Col PHILADELPHIA
FRANCIS BOWEN, A. M.
Editor of the North American Review.
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Librarian of the Boston AthenGum.
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President of 81; Johns College, Maryland.
President of University of North Carolina
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Pres't of the University of Nashville, Tenn.
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