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... give satisfaction . In carrying out this plan , I have endeavored to give the most accurate definitions , citing the authorities in all cases where I have been enabled to find any . Except as regards words of purely American origin ( e ...
... give satisfaction . In carrying out this plan , I have endeavored to give the most accurate definitions , citing the authorities in all cases where I have been enabled to find any . Except as regards words of purely American origin ( e ...
Page xii
... give aid in the preparation of a work like this . I have , therefore , submitted the whole to his supervision , and adopted his views in all my conclusions . At his suggestion I have struck out many etymologies taken from standard ...
... give aid in the preparation of a work like this . I have , therefore , submitted the whole to his supervision , and adopted his views in all my conclusions . At his suggestion I have struck out many etymologies taken from standard ...
Page xvii
... give a new color and character to the Saxon tongue . * " The French element appeared in our language with the battle of Hast- ings ( A. D. 1066 ) , perhaps in a slight degree during the reign of Edward the Confessor . " It is the ...
... give a new color and character to the Saxon tongue . * " The French element appeared in our language with the battle of Hast- ings ( A. D. 1066 ) , perhaps in a slight degree during the reign of Edward the Confessor . " It is the ...
Page xix
... give way to the English ; but it will leave behind it an almost im- perishable dialect as a memento of its existence . In the States of Ohio and Texas , where there are large settlements of Germans , a similar result must follow . - In ...
... give way to the English ; but it will leave behind it an almost im- perishable dialect as a memento of its existence . In the States of Ohio and Texas , where there are large settlements of Germans , a similar result must follow . - In ...
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... give them a place in their dictionaries ; and thus they are firmly en- grafted on our language . The study of lexicography will show that this process has long been going on in England , and doubtless other languages are subject to ...
... give them a place in their dictionaries ; and thus they are firmly en- grafted on our language . The study of lexicography will show that this process has long been going on in England , and doubtless other languages are subject to ...
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