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... writing and that of speaking the language , has been carried still further in this country than in England — a principle which seems worthy of being encouraged , rather than of being checked . In a few cases , in which a mode of ...
... writing and that of speaking the language , has been carried still further in this country than in England — a principle which seems worthy of being encouraged , rather than of being checked . In a few cases , in which a mode of ...
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... writer has not been perverted by an error of the press . When the authority of Perry is introduced in this Dictionary , reference is always had to his " Synonymous , Etymological , and Pronouncing Dic- tionary , " in royal 8vo , which ...
... writer has not been perverted by an error of the press . When the authority of Perry is introduced in this Dictionary , reference is always had to his " Synonymous , Etymological , and Pronouncing Dic- tionary , " in royal 8vo , which ...
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... writers , is often used for if . Ana , ad . [ Gr . ] a word used in the prescriptions of physicians , importing in the like quantity , equally . Ana , a termination annexed to the names of authors to denote a collection of their memo ...
... writers , is often used for if . Ana , ad . [ Gr . ] a word used in the prescriptions of physicians , importing in the like quantity , equally . Ana , a termination annexed to the names of authors to denote a collection of their memo ...
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... writer of aphorisms . Aph - o - risti - cal , a . having the form of aphorism . Aph - o - risti - cal - ly , ad . with aphorisms . a . efficacious against the Anti - scor - bu ti - cal , scurvy . An - ti - septic , a . counteracting ...
... writer of aphorisms . Aph - o - risti - cal , a . having the form of aphorism . Aph - o - risti - cal - ly , ad . with aphorisms . a . efficacious against the Anti - scor - bu ti - cal , scurvy . An - ti - septic , a . counteracting ...
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... writer or composer of a book . Au'thor - ess , n . a female author . Au - thor'i - ta - tive , a . having authority ... writing . Au - to - mati - cal , a . belonging to an automaton . Au - tom'a - ton , n . pl . automata ; [ Gr . ] a ...
... writer or composer of a book . Au'thor - ess , n . a female author . Au - thor'i - ta - tive , a . having authority ... writing . Au - to - mati - cal , a . belonging to an automaton . Au - tom'a - ton , n . pl . automata ; [ Gr . ] a ...
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A Comprehensive Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary: Revised and Enlarged Joseph Emerson Worcester Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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a-ble anew animal belonging bird body bûll bür Căn capable cause cloth color Dictionary disease fish fruit ful-ly ful-ness Gär Härd heraldry horse i-cal instrument kind Măn manner medicine ment mět môve ness noise nör Öût person pertaining piece plant quadruped Rees relating resembling rûle.—Ç S. W. J. E. F. Ja shining ship soft sort sound species stone substance thing tion tree v. a. imp v. a. to beat v. a. to bring v. a. to cover v. a. to dress v. a. to form v. a. to give v. a. to place v. a. to put v. a. to take v. n. to become v. n. to grow v. n. to play versed vessel W. J. F. Ja W. P. J. F. Ja words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite x - Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Seite viii - Verbs of one syllable, ending with a single consonant, preceded by a single, vowel (as plan), and verbs of two or more syllables, ending in the same manner and having the accent on the last syllable...
Seite 78 - Emulation, emmu - layshun (Latin, semulns, emulous). Rivalry ; a striving to excel another ; contending with or against; endeavouring to surpass. En. A prefix to many English words, chiefly borrowed from the French, signifying usually in or on, and before b, p, or m, is changed into em, as in employ, empower, embody.
Seite 254 - Words of two syllables, either Greek or Latin, whatever be the quantity in the original, have, in English pronunciation, the accent on the first syllable: and if a single consonant come between two vowels, the consonant goes to the last syllable, and the vowel in the first is long ; as Cato, Ceres, Comas, &c.5 See Principles of English Pronunciation prefixed to the Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, No.
Seite 254 - Pompti'us • and, in some cases, he accents the same word differently in his Initial and Terminational Vocabularies ; but in his remarks he advocates the placing of the accent on the e, including the whole list " under the same general rule, that of sounding the e separately, and the t like y consonant.
Seite iv - ... (which he has not heard generally used?) " authority," (which some previous orthoepist has not recommended?) "or analogy," (as derived from orthography?) He most sensibly concludes that "it would be unreasonable for him to make a conformity to his own taste, or to the result of his own limited observation, a law to those who may differ from him, and yet agree with perhaps the more common usage.
Seite 30 - The middle part of the human body, between the neck and the belly; the...
Seite 139 - Interregnum, *. the time in which a throne is vacant between the death of one prince and the accession of another; vacancy of the throne ItitcnviiMi', i.