A Comprehensive Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: With Pronouncing Vocabularies of Classical and Scripture Proper NamesHilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1839 - 400 Seiten |
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... pertaining to acclamation . Ac - cli / ma - ted , p . a . inured to a foreign climate . Ac - clivi - ty , n . steepness reckoned upwards ; as , the ascent of a hill is the acclivity , the descent is the declivity . Ac - cli / vous , a ...
... pertaining to acclamation . Ac - cli / ma - ted , p . a . inured to a foreign climate . Ac - clivi - ty , n . steepness reckoned upwards ; as , the ascent of a hill is the acclivity , the descent is the declivity . Ac - cli / vous , a ...
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... pertaining to Acro - a - măt / j - cal , deep learning . Ac'ro - a - matics , n . Aristotle's lectures on the more subtle parts of philosophy . A - crō'mi - on , n . [ Gr . ] in anatomy , the upper process of the shoulder - blade . A ...
... pertaining to Acro - a - măt / j - cal , deep learning . Ac'ro - a - matics , n . Aristotle's lectures on the more subtle parts of philosophy . A - crō'mi - on , n . [ Gr . ] in anatomy , the upper process of the shoulder - blade . A ...
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... pertaining to an adverb . Ad - ver'bi - al - ly , ad . in an adverbial manner . Ad - ver - să ri - a , n . [ L. ] a common - place - book . Ad'ver - sa - ry , n . an opponent ; enemy . Ad / ver - sa - ry , a . opposite to ; adverse . Ad ...
... pertaining to an adverb . Ad - ver'bi - al - ly , ad . in an adverbial manner . Ad - ver - să ri - a , n . [ L. ] a common - place - book . Ad'ver - sa - ry , n . an opponent ; enemy . Ad / ver - sa - ry , a . opposite to ; adverse . Ad ...
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... pertaining to alluvion ; added to land by the wash of water . Al - lū'vi - on , n . an accession of land washed to the shore by inundations . Al - ly ' , .a . to unite by kindred or friendship . Al - ly ' , n . one united by friendship ...
... pertaining to alluvion ; added to land by the wash of water . Al - lū'vi - on , n . an accession of land washed to the shore by inundations . Al - ly ' , .a . to unite by kindred or friendship . Al - ly ' , n . one united by friendship ...
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... pertaining to analysis ; re- An - a - lyti - cal , solving into first principles . An - a - lyti - cal - ly , ad . in an analytical manner . An - a - lytics , n . the art of analyzing . An'a - lyze , v . a . to resolve into first ...
... pertaining to analysis ; re- An - a - lyti - cal , solving into first principles . An - a - lyti - cal - ly , ad . in an analytical manner . An - a - lytics , n . the art of analyzing . An'a - lyze , v . a . to resolve into first ...
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Seite xi - ... with the proper sound of short a, as in hat, has the appearance of affectation ; and to pronounce them with the full Italian sound of a, as in part, father, seems to border on vulgarism.
Seite 355 - Webster's Dictionary of the English Language. Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words ; comprising also a Synopsis of Words differently pronounced by different Orthoepists, and Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Seite xiii - The pronunciation of the English language, like that of all living languages, is in a great measure arbitrary. It is exposed to the caprices of fashion and taste ; it...
Seite xviii - 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 [as regret], double the final consonant of the verb on assuming an additional syllable : as...
Seite xiv - ... (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 ii - Bowen, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit: — " The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the Year 1831.
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Seite 65 - Composite order in architecture is the last of the five orders, so named because its capital is composed out of those of the other orders ; it is also called the Roman und Italick order.
Seite 56 - A curve line continued till it ends where it began, having all pans equally distant from a common centre ; the space included in a circular line ; a round body, an orb ; compass...
Seite 174 - 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.