The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-20

WOrccst~r's UniverssI and Critical Die
iOnary OF the English Language.


BYJ. e. WoRcEsrER, LII
One volume, 5vo. sheep, 1882 pagss-Price $s so
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following eminent testimony to the xcellence Of
thisstandard dictionary.
The execution Of this Dictionary yfu ull yanswers
to it's title. The VOCABULARY is probably more
comprehensive than that of all preceding English
Dictionaries united. Constant reference ismade to
AUTHoRIrIEs with respect to words newly intro
duccd, and care is taken to note such aretechn-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or vulgar. The
DEFINITIONS clear and exact, and those per-
tanning to technical and scientific terms spe-
cially valuable to the general reader. The author
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TIoN. His system of Notation which is 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
emily pronounced by different orthocpsts, gives to
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Dictionary. In oRTHoGRApHY he has made no a r
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reduce to the same rules words OF similar forma-
tlon The insertion Of Communications and in
Elections Of words to much greater extent than
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and improved edition Of Walkers Key to the pro-
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arc important appendages to the Dictionary
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guage.
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.
EDWARDS 4. PARK, d. D.
Abbot Professor of Christian Theology ,Theo-
logical Seminary, Andover, Mass
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President of Dartmouth College, N H.
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President Of Amherst College, Mass.
MARK HOPKINS, ID. d.
President of Williams College Mass.
EDWARD T. CLAIMING, LII. D..
Boylston Professor Of Rhetoric and Oratory
HENRY Hs,y1Sa W GoSsFE{{Low, GDiysIsis{{L An
Professor of Bellies Lettres, Harvard UNI
versity.
ALoNzoPoTTER, D. D.,LL.D.
Bishop of Pcnnsy ylvan MIA
SIDNEY WILLARD, A. NJ,
Late Professor of Hebrew s. C. Harvard U nj
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President of Geneva College N. Y.
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Editor of the North American Review.
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President OF University OF North Carolina.
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Pres't of the University of Nashville Tenn.
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Professor of Ancient Languages and Litcra.
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