The American Dictionary of the English Language: Based on the Latest Conclusions of the Most Eminent Philologists and Comprising Many Thousands of New Words Which Modern Literature, Science and Art Have Called Into Existence and Common Usage

Excerpt from The American Dictionary of the English Language: Based on the Latest Conclusions of the Most Eminent Philologists and Comprising Many Thousands of New Words Which Modern Literature, Science and Art Have Called Into Existence and Common Usage

We have but to add that, in general, the aim of the editors of the American Dictionary of the English Language has been to give to the public a convenient lexicon which will decide all questions about words which arise in the course of general read ing, and to give to the American reading public the latest, most authentic, and most complete conclusions of English philology.

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