The republic., 1852-01-10
Worcestcr's UnlversaI and Critical Die :
iOnary OF tho English Language.


BYJ. z. WoRcEsrER, LIZ. d
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following eminent testimony to the excellence OF
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution fthis Dictionaryfully ly answers
to it's title. The VOCABULARY ia probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference is made to
AUrHoRITIEs with respect to words newly intro
duced and care is taken to note such are techni
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINIrIoNs 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 rRoNUNCIA-
TIoN. His system of Notation, which ia easily un-
derstood and founded on a more complete analysis
of the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan of exhibiting all the
beat English authorities in relation to words differ
emily pronounced by different orthoepists, gives to
this work important advantages as a Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made :
bltrary changes, but where usage ls various and
huctuatlng, he has aimed to be consistent and to
reduce to the same rules words of similar forIna.
ton. The insertion of Gramma tical forms and in-
nectlons OF words to much greater extent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the orthography the pro-
nunclation, the grammatical form and construC-
ton, and the peculiar, technical Local and Ameri-
of fwordsnterspcrsed through the volume,
give to this work much additional value. The &C
pous Vocabulary of Modern q Geographical names
with their pronunciation and greatly enlarged
and improved edition of Walk g Key to the pro-
nunciation Of fClasscaland dScriptureProPcr names,
arc important appendages to the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
was published; and its already extensive both
among cultivated English readers land men of wide
learning, affords good testimony ofits merits. We
confidently recommend it as containing an ample
guage.
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Justice U s. Supreme Court Ohio.
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