The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-04
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tOnnry ofthe English Language
BYJ. WORCESTER, LID

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The publishers respectfully invite attcntiont to the
following eminent testimony TO the excellence OF
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution Of this DictionaryfulIy 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 arc ia ia to note such aretechni-
call foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms re ape
cially valuable to the general reader. The author
has evidently bestowed great labor on rRoNuNcIA-
rIoN. His system Of Notation, which is easily
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 orthocpsts, gives to
tins work important advantages as a Pronouncing
Dictionary. In oRTHooRAPHY he has made r.
bitrary changes, but where usage is various and
huctuating, he has aimed to be consistent, and to
reduce to the same rules words of similar forma-
| tion Theinsertion of Grammatical forms and i'm
hectlons OF words to much greater ex tent than
they are given in other English Dictionaries, and
the short critical notes the photography the pro-
nunclatlon, the grammatical form and construc-
ton, and the peculiar technical local and Ameri-
can uses OF words nterspersed through the volume,
give to this work much additional value. The &C.
pious Vocabulary of Modern Biographies names
and improved edition of Walkers Key to the pro-
nunclation OF fClassica land Scrptureproper names,
are important appendages to the Dictionary.
Eighteen months have passed since this Dictionary
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| among cultivated English readers md men of wide
| learning, affords good testimony ofitsmerits. We
| confidently recommend it as containing ample
and careful view ofthe present state o our lam
guage.
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| Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
| History, Harvard University
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Justice u s. SupremeCourt Ohio.
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Professor of Sacred Literature,
| Seminary, Andover, Mass.
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Presidentof Williams College Mass.
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Boylston Professor Of Rhetoric and Oratory
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Professor of Bellies Lettres, Harvard UNI
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S,n~rv ,y,,, Bishop of Pcnnsylvanin.
Late Professor of Hebrew & c. Harvard Uni
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