An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definitions of WordsHarper & Brothers, 1848 - 1265 pages |
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... English Language ; exhibiting the Origin , Orthography , Pronunciation , and Defmitions of Words : by Noah Webster , LL.D .: abridged from the Quarto Edition of the Author : to which are added , a Synopsis of Words differently ...
... English Language ; exhibiting the Origin , Orthography , Pronunciation , and Defmitions of Words : by Noah Webster , LL.D .: abridged from the Quarto Edition of the Author : to which are added , a Synopsis of Words differently ...
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... English Synonyms was designed to supply this want , but is far too meager . The only extensive work of this kind is Perry's Synony- mous Dictionary , which is now entirely out of print , and is , likewise , too exclusively synony- mous ...
... English Synonyms was designed to supply this want , but is far too meager . The only extensive work of this kind is Perry's Synony- mous Dictionary , which is now entirely out of print , and is , likewise , too exclusively synony- mous ...
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... English literature , and it is a serious evil to add to their number . Nothing , on the contrary , is so much needed as a thorough expurgation of our dictionaries in this respect , -the rejection of many thousands of words which may ...
... English literature , and it is a serious evil to add to their number . Nothing , on the contrary , is so much needed as a thorough expurgation of our dictionaries in this respect , -the rejection of many thousands of words which may ...
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... English mind , which has for two centuries been throwing off a useless encumbrance , and moving steadily on toward greater simplicity in the structure of our language . Such , too , is the case with certain terminations in re pronounced ...
... English mind , which has for two centuries been throwing off a useless encumbrance , and moving steadily on toward greater simplicity in the structure of our language . Such , too , is the case with certain terminations in re pronounced ...
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... ENGLISH LANGUAGE ADDENDA . WALKER'S KEY TO THE CLASSICAL PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK , LATIN , AND SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES [ REVISED AND ENLARGED ] 1 1 EDITOR'S PREFACE • AUTHOR'S PREFACE 3 . 3 • . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION ...
... ENGLISH LANGUAGE ADDENDA . WALKER'S KEY TO THE CLASSICAL PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK , LATIN , AND SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES [ REVISED AND ENLARGED ] 1 1 EDITOR'S PREFACE • AUTHOR'S PREFACE 3 . 3 • . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Origin ... Noah Webster Affichage du livre entier - 1832 |
An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Origin ... Noah Webster Affichage du livre entier - 1842 |
An American Dictionary of the English Language: Exhibiting the Origin ... Noah Webster Affichage du livre entier - 1844 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
acid action ancient animal architecture arms bear beat Belonging Ben Jonson birds blood body botany called cause church chyle close cloth color common compound consisting containing contract corrupt costive court cover crustacea denotes deprive disease dress England English fasten figure fish flowers furnished genus genus of plants give heat hence heraldry horse inclosed instrument iron kind land language liquor Literally Little manner mass medicine ment metal mind mineral motion move natural ness one's opposed opposition oxyd person Pertaining piece pret produced quadruped resembling Roman Roman Catholic Church round Scots law sense Shak ship side sound species substance tain term applied thing tion tree unite v. t. Fr v. t. L v. t. Sax vessel wind wood word αντι