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Looking Up Words
Looking Up Words
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headword. The headword is
followed by the part of speech,
the approximate date of its origin,
and then its definition. After the
definition, you may see usage
examples and other forms of the
word.
The asterisk (
✱
) in a geographical
definition denotes that location is
the capital city.
For the list of abbreviations in
definitions, see “Abbreviations in
This Work” on pages 19-22 in this
User’s Guide.
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