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|a An american dictionary of the english language: containing the whole vocabulary of the first edition in two volumes quarto; the entire corrections and improvements of the second edition in two volumes royal octavo; to which is prefixed an introductory dissertation on the origin, history, and connection, of the languages of western Asia and Europe, with an explication of the principles on which languages are formed
|c by Noah Webster, LL. DD., Member of the American philosophical society in philosophia; fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Massachusetts; member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences; fellow of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries in Copenhagen; member of the Connecticut historical society; corresponding member of the Historical Societies in Massachusetts, New York and Georgia; of the Academy of Medicine in Philadelphia, and of the Columbian Institute in Washington; and honorary member of the Michigan historical society. Generay subjects of this work. I. Etymologies of english words, deduced froman examination and comparison of words of corresponding elements in twenty languages of Asia and Europe. II. The true orthography of words as corrected by their etymologies III. Pronunciation exhibited and made obvious by the division of words into syllables, by accentuations, by marking the sounds of the accented vowels, when doubtful or obscure, by examples of their use, selected from respectable authors, or by familiar phrases of undisputed authority ; revised and enlarged to Chauncey A. Goodrich, professor in Yale Colege. To which has been added and appendix of 10,000 words and fifteen hundred illustrations, with pronuncing vocabularies of scripture, classical, and geographical ters. And a dictionary of mercantile and legal terms, also 15,000 synonyms
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