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Webster's Dictionary
On April 14, 1828, Noah Webster completed his 26-year project and published his first dictionary. It had 30,000 new definitions and American spellings that gave a young nation a linguistic identity.
It was an unprofitable project. George and Charles Merriam later acquired rights to it.
The Webster Dictionary defined “Property” as:1)
“The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing; ownership. In the beginning of the world, the Creator gave to man dominion over the earth … It is one of the greatest blessings of civil society that the property of citizens is well secured.”
In his original preface, Webster stated:
“In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed … No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. … To that great and benevolent Being … who has borne me and my manuscripts in safety across the Atlantic, and given me strength and resolution to bring the work to a close, I would present the tribute of my most grateful acknowledgments.”
External links
:Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online
- Snippet from Wikipedia: Webster's Dictionary
Webster's Dictionary is any of the US English language dictionaries edited in the early 19th century by Noah Webster (1758–1843), a US lexicographer, as well as numerous related or unrelated dictionaries that have adopted the Webster's name in his honor. "Webster's" has since become a genericized trademark in the United States for US English dictionaries, and is widely used in dictionary titles.
Merriam-Webster is the corporate heir to Noah Webster's original works, which are in the public domain.
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