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o CCL^, I,Av , -f- "^^ ^ ^^H^'- \/¿^'¿Á.L ^ , yíúí^ í^2-».*/-4^ ^'A-i I .-V',//) J-/-^' SPANISH AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY. SPANISH AND ENGLISH DICTIONAHY, lEn ^iuo ^arts: I. SPANISHAND ENGLISH—II. ENGLISHAND SPANISH. THEFIRSTPART ESPANISHWOEDS,WITHTHEIRPKOPEBACCENTS, EVERYNOUN,WITHITSGENDER. THESECONDPART, 'WORDS, CONTAINS 1CORRESPONDEN! ATTHEENDOPBOTEPARTSISAFFIXED, A LIST OF USUAL CHRISTIAN AND PROPER NAMES, NAMESOFCOUNTRIES,NATIONS,ETC. BY F. C. MEADOWS, M.A. OFTHEUNIVERSITY "NEWFRENCHPRONOUNCI; IDICTIONARY, LONDON: PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG, 73, CHEAPSIDE. MJ)CCC.XLIIL PREFACE. ThepresentintercoursebetweenthiscountryandSpain,anditsforeign possessions,beingestablishedonabroadbasis,theutilityofthisnew- Dictionarywill,itishoped,obtainandsharethatdistinguishedpatron- age,whichanenlightenednationneverfailstobestowonlabourscon- ducivetogeneralimprovement,andalreadyconferredeminentlyonits Authorforothernational worksofasimilarnature. Its size, the — accurateanddistinctdefinitionofwords,theirgreatincrease allthese combinedadvantages will prove highly beneficial to thosewhovisit thosecountrieseitherforpleasure,orcivil,ormercantilepursuits. Inofferingthisnewworktothepublic,thechiefobjectoftheAu- thorhasbeento removethemanyimperfections encountered inthe Dictionariesextant,andfacilitate theacquirementofalanguageboth sublimeanduseful. In itwillbefound, inthetwo Parts,adefinite correspondent meaningtoeveryword,freefromanyvaguecircuitous explication,whicheverystudent mustnaturallyknowinhisownlan- guage, andwhichcircumlocution prevents him from conveying his ideasinaproperandconcisemanner,forwantofanadequateexpres- sion. Anothermostimportant deficiencyisalsofilledupbyaffixing — toeverynounits gender and number ^^apartwhich, althoughmost a2 essentialto completeeveryDictionary, isyetomitted intheEnglish andSpanishsideofthoseinpresentuse. AUreferencestootherwords ofasimilarsensearecarefullyavoided, as everyonemaycontainits own meaningwithout beingdirected to another ormore, wherethe repetitionofthesameisgenerally theresult. Topreventeveryob- structionto learning, in the Spanishand English Part,wordsspelt accordingtoeithertheneworoldstylewill befoundmtheiralpha- beticalorder. Shouldthepresentworkmeetwiththeapprobationofadiscerning public,and promotetheendinview, thelongandarduouslaboursof theAuthor will be amply compensated, and his most earnestwish mostfullysatisfied.
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