Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages)
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages)
Noah Webster
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"Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages)" by Noah Webster is a reference book written during the early 19th century. This work focuses on the English language, providing detailed definitions, pronunciations, and etymologies of various words and letters starting from the alphabet A. It serves as a comprehensive guide for scholars, students, and general readers seeking to understand the intricacies of English vocabulary and grammar. The opening of the dictionary elaborates on the letter "A," discussing its origins from the Phoenician and Greek alphabets, as well as its various pronunciations and uses in both music and language. It explains the historical significance and evolution of the letter, detailing how it functions as an indefinite article and its grammatical usage in sentences. Overall, this introduction provides insights into the foundational aspects of the English language, setting the stage for a thorough exploration of words and their meanings that follows in subsequent pages. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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- 1Chapter 159,750 chars
- 2Chapter 259,983 chars
- 3Chapter 359,978 chars
- 4Chapter 444,908 chars
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- 6Chapter 659,972 chars
- 7Chapter 754,963 chars
- 8Chapter 859,996 chars
- 9Chapter 91,955 chars
- 10Chapter 1059,770 chars
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- 13Chapter 1350,027 chars
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- 17Chapter 1756,343 chars
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- 21Chapter 2148,026 chars
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- 25Chapter 2558,357 chars
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- 27Chapter 2748,968 chars