American Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibit V. 2

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2 Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibit [i] (1828)

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AMERICAN DICTIONARY
OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
INTENDED TO EXHIBIT,
1. THE ORIGIN, AFFINITIES AND PRIMARY SIGNIFICATION OF ENGLISH WORDS, AS FAR AS THEY HAVE BEEN ASCERTAINED.
II. THE GENUINE ORTHOGRAPHY AND PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS, ACCORDING TO GENERAL USAGE, OR TO UST PRINCIPLES OF ANALOGY
III. ACCURATE AND DISCRIMINATING DEFINITIONS, WITH NUMEROUS AUTHORITIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,
AN INTRODUCTORY DISSERTATION
ON THE
ORIGIN, HISTORY AND CONNECTION OF THE
LANGUAGES OF WESTERN ASIA AND OF EUROPE,
AND A CONCISE GRAMMAR
OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
BY NOAH WEBSTER, LL. D.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
He that wishes to be counted among the benefactors of posterity, must add, by his own toil, to the acquisitions of his ancestors.-Rambler.
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY S. CONVERSE.
PRINTED BY HEZEKIAH HOWE-NEW HAVEN.
1828.

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