A High-school Dictionary of the English Language Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Synonymous: With an Appendix Containing Various Useful Tables : Mainly Abridged from the Latest Edition of the Quarto Dictionary of Noah WebsterIvison,Phinney, Blakeman & Company, 1873 - 415 pages |
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... given . The vocab- ulary has been considerably enlarged , and now comprises an aggregate of nearly 27,000 words , all of which are in current or occasional use at the present day . To many of the words are attached numerical references ...
... given . The vocab- ulary has been considerably enlarged , and now comprises an aggregate of nearly 27,000 words , all of which are in current or occasional use at the present day . To many of the words are attached numerical references ...
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... given to the short o when directly followed by ss , st , and th , as in cross , cost , broth ; also , in gone , cough , trough , off , and some other words . - OCCASIONAL SOUNDS OF 0 . reason is , that , in forming these consonants ...
... given to the short o when directly followed by ss , st , and th , as in cross , cost , broth ; also , in gone , cough , trough , off , and some other words . - OCCASIONAL SOUNDS OF 0 . reason is , that , in forming these consonants ...
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... given instead of the irregular , in conformity with the views of Dr. Webster . When the u is preceded by r , it simply drops the y sound , and is pronounced oo , as in er - u - di'tion ( er - oo - dish / - un ) . ( See § 29. ) § 50 ...
... given instead of the irregular , in conformity with the views of Dr. Webster . When the u is preceded by r , it simply drops the y sound , and is pronounced oo , as in er - u - di'tion ( er - oo - dish / - un ) . ( See § 29. ) § 50 ...
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... given to such words as kind , sky , & c . , see § 69 , NOTE . L. M. xiii 877. The sound of m ( unmarked ) , as heard in make , aim , clamor , armed , & c . NOTE . This letter has one uniform sound , produced by closing the lips , and ...
... given to such words as kind , sky , & c . , see § 69 , NOTE . L. M. xiii 877. The sound of m ( unmarked ) , as heard in make , aim , clamor , armed , & c . NOTE . This letter has one uniform sound , produced by closing the lips , and ...
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... given are actually pronounced re - ver / shun , man'shun , pash'un , shoor , shooglar , cen'shoor , sen'shoo - al , though the theoretical pronuncia- tion would be re - vers'yun , mans'yun , páss'yun , s - yoor , s - yooglar , cens'yoor ...
... given are actually pronounced re - ver / shun , man'shun , pash'un , shoor , shooglar , cen'shoor , sen'shoo - al , though the theoretical pronuncia- tion would be re - vers'yun , mans'yun , páss'yun , s - yoor , s - yooglar , cens'yoor ...
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