Author: Noah Webster
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-07-23
Total Pages: 872
ISBN-13: 9780282518561
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Excerpt from Webster's Secondary-School Dictionary: Abridged From Webster's New International Dictionary The corresponding dictionary of the older series was Webster's Academic Dictionary. The secondary-school Dictionary, however, while intended for the same grades of school work, is in no sense a revision of the Academic, but is a direct abridgment from Webster's New International Dictionary, the latest of the great dictionaries of the Webster series, prepared under the supervision of Dr. W. T. Harris as editor in chief. The smaller book rests upon the high authority of its source; but in adapting the material to the needs of pupils new problems of selection and presentation were en countered that made necessary a very careful study of textbooks and curricula and extended consultation with many teachers of conspicuous ability in public and private schools, so as to determine just what words are most likely to be sought by the pupils in their school work, what the scope of the etymologies should be, the extent to which the definitions of the New International should be simplified and abridged, and the kind of grammatical information that should be included. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
