WEBSTER'S

SELF-PRONOUNCING

VEST POCKET

DICTIONARY

51,200 Words

Containing also Rules for Spelling, Pune-
tuation, Use of Capitals, etc. Tables
of Weights and Measures, Par-
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of 1898, National Bank-

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PREFACE, X

This book has been carefully and con. scientiously edited, using the work of the great Noah Webster as a basis, and conforming as far as possible with the views of such eminent philologists and orthoepists as Worcester, Whitney, Cobbett and Ayres.

It contains CLEAR and CONCISE DEFINITIONS, CORRECT ACCENTUATION, and FULL MARKINGS of all difficult words, according to the highest authorities.

It contains many new words lately coined and not found in any dictionary heretofore published; also a larger percentage of root words than any other book of its kind.

It carefully preserves and distinguishes that troublesome class of words, alike in spelling but different in meaning and pronunciation, and pays special attention to the foreign words which have lately been brought into common use in the English language.

It is a safe and consistent guide to proper speech and correct writing, two things all men, women and children should strive to attain.

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Aam

[ble.

Aam, a measure.
aback', backward.
ǎb'acus, a counting ta-
abaft', toward the stern.
abăn'don, to forsake.
abase', to humble.
abash', to confuse.
abäte', to lessen.
abǎt'er, that which

abates.

ab'atis, an intrenchment aba'tor, one who abates

Accede

aboll'tionist, one who favors abolition. abom'inable, detestable. abom'ināte, to abhor. aborig'inal, primitive. aborig'inês, earliest inhabitants.

abor'tion, miscarriage. abor'tive, unsuccessful. abound', in great plenty. abrade', to rub off. abra'sion, a rubbing off.

abattoir', slaughter- abreast', side by side.

house.

ab'bot, chief of an abbey
abbre'viäte, to abridge.
ab'dicate, resign office.
abdo'men, the belly.
abdom'inal, relating to
the abdomen.
abdüce', to draw from.
abduct', to kidnap.
abdüc'tor, kidnapper.
aberra'tion, deviating.
abět', to encourage.
abět'ter, one who abets.
abět'tor, an accomplice.
abey'ance, suspense.
abhor', to detest.
abhor'rence, detestation.

abridge', to shorten.
abridg'ment, epitome.
abroad', at large.
ab'rogate, to repeal.
abrüpt', rugged, sudden.
ab'scess, a tumor filled
with pus.
abscind', to cut off.
abscis'sion,
ting off.

act of cut

away

abscond', steal away.
ab'sence, being
absent', to keep away.
ab'sent, not present.
absentee', an absent one
ab'sinth, wormwood.
ab'solüte, unconditional.
absolū'tion, pardon.
absolve', to free from.
absorb', swallow up.
abstäin', to keep from.
abstem'ious, temperate.

abhor'rer, one who ab-absterge', wipe clean.

hors.

abide', to dwell.
ab'igail, ladysmald.
ability, capacity, power.
ab'ject, mean, base.
abjura'tion, renunciation
abjure', deny upon oath.
ab'lative, that takes
away.

ab'lepsy, blindness.
ablü'tion, cleansing.
abnega'tion, denial.
abnormal, irregular.
aboard', on board.
abōde', habitation.
bol'ish, to annul.

ab'stiněnce, fasting. ab'stract, concise abridg

ment.

abstrăct', to take from.
abstruse', obscure.
absürd', unreasonable.
abün'dance, plenty.
abuse', ill treat.
abüse', unjust censure.
abut', to end at.
abyss', a deep gulf.
aca'cia, a shrub.
academ'ic, of academy.
acăd'emy, higher school.
acăn'thus, prickly plant.
accede', comply with.