A New School Dictionary of the English Language: Embracing a Carefully Prepared Vocabulary of Words in Popular Use, Together With Tables Exhibiting ... Names, Scripture Proper Names, Christ - Brossura

Worcester, Joseph E.

 
9781333356552: A New School Dictionary of the English Language: Embracing a Carefully Prepared Vocabulary of Words in Popular Use, Together With Tables Exhibiting ... Names, Scripture Proper Names, Christ

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The second, or short, sound of the vowels is generally indicated, in monosyllables, by the absence of mute e at the end of the word; as in fat, met, pin, not, tub, hyp. It is also the usual sound of a vowel in an accented syllable which ends with a consonant; as in aban'don, atten'tive, exhib'it, lacon'ic, reluc'tant, lyr'ical.

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