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- Origin: 1828
- Definitions: 70,000 (original edition)Rain.org: Webster's Dictionary
- No official Webster's dictionary exists todayAbout.com: Webster's Dictionary
- "Webster's" denotes any American English dictionaryAbout.com: Webster's Dictionary
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Noah Webster first published his American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. The dictionary was the first to emphasize American English pronunciations over British.Rain.org: Webster's Dictionary
Who Was Noah Webster?
Noah Webster graduated from Harvard in 1778, after which he worked as a teacher. His experience teaching post-Independence children with schoolbooks that came from England and emphasized British values and fealty led him to create A Grammatical Institute of the English Language in 1783. This textbook was used to teach children for the next century.Webster compiled his American Dictionary of the English Language over the course of 28 years, finally publishing at the age of 70. He lived another fifteen years.Noah Webster House: A Noah Webster Biography
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Webster Dictionary Questions
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What is the definition of penultimate? 4 AnswersNoun 1. penultimate - the next to last syllable in a word penult, penultima syllable - a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has... read more -
How can I install a spelling dictionary on MacBook ? 1 AnswerI don't have that answer for you but here are a couple of forums that might be helpful read more -
Have you played the dictionary game? Today's word is quatrain. Best silly definition is the goal. 2 AnswersA four wagon locomotive read more -
Is there any reason why we should not ask all of our questions from ConundrumLand? 1 AnswerThe best reason I can see not to ask your questions through Conundrum is that the Server 503 errors are still so common that many people will give up on trying ... read more
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@curlsdiva It appears in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/multiplicitous
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Currently reading http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Serendipity
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saw[2] - Definition from Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary http://tinyurl.com/yhy4qbw
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not hardlyは許せる？許せない？http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hardly
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RT @TCOT_Talk: Webster's dictionary just announced a change for 2010 edition: The spelling of the word "failure" will be changed to: Obama
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