The republic., 1852-01-09
WOrcester's Universal and Critical Die
ionary oftho English Language.
ByJ. WoRcEsrER, LII. |

BY E. WORCESTER, LII. ID
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The execution Of this Dictionarysu ul lyanswers
to Its title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that Of all preceding En- glish
Dictionaries united. Constant reference ID made to
AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
duced, and care is taken to note such as aretechni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
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rIoN. His system of Notation which ia 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.
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Dictionary In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made r.
bltrary changes, but where usage is various and
uctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and to
reduce to the same rules words Of similar forma-
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fiectons OF words to much greater extent than
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Pious Vocabulary Of Modern Geographica names
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