The editor's first inclination was toĮliminate them, but realizing that their retention might be of service to many With the old will afford some idea of the extended scope of the present work.ġ. Not a revision in the usual significance of the term.
Modernized that this edition may not unreasonably claim to be a new work, and Of the author have been embodied in their entirety, so many new features haveīeen introduced and the time-honored structure has been so much enlarged and Of almost classic worth, is not one to be lightly abandoned. That which has stood the test of over half a century, and made the name of Roget The original plan of the work has been followed in the main, for To enhance the value of theīook and bring it abreast of modern culture and requirements was the aim of the Its place in the forerank of indispensable volumes. Words and ideas must keep pace with the growth of knowledge and language or lose Lishers, and makes the editor's task one of no slight undertaking. This very popularity lays an added responsibility upon the pub. Saurus (on which this work is based) than the many editions which have been period. There is perhaps no more striking testimony to the usefulness of Roget's The. Member of the London Philological Society, American Oriental Society, Society Revising Editor of Sanskrit and Anglo-Indian Terms in the Century Dictionary A.S., F.S.A.Īssociate Editor of the Standard English Dictionary Consulting Specialist to the OxfordĮnglish Dictionary Revising Editor of Webster's New International Dictionary
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