| American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines - 1928 - 901 pages
...professes to furnish the solution may be stated thus: the word being given, to find its signification, or the idea it is intended to convey. "The object...that idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed." There you are, and neatly put. But he adds: "The appropriate terms, notwithstanding our utmost efforts,... | |
| 1855 - 424 pages
...signification, or the Idea It is intended to convey. The object aimed at here Is exactly the converse of this : the Idea being given, to find the word or words by...idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed. For this purple, the words and phrases of the language arc here classed, not according to their sound or their... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 800 pages
...professes to furnish the solution may be stated thus : — The word bcing given, to find its signification, or the idea it is intended to convey. The object aimed...exactly the converse of this — namely, the idea bcing given, to find the word or words by which that idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed. For... | |
| 1854 - 798 pages
...the meaning of words, merely the idea the word is intended to convey. The object of this volume is, the idea being given, to find the word or words by which that idea may be most fitly and accurately expressed. The words are classified according to their signification The work, as the author... | |
| 1855 - 424 pages
...signification, or the idea It Is intended to convey. The object aimed at Jtere Is exactly the converse of this : the idea being given, to find the word or words by...Idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed. For this purple, the words and phrases of the language are here classed, not according to their sound or their... | |
| Arnold Guyot - 1855 - 358 pages
...signification, or the idea it Is intended to convey. The object aimed at Jtcre Is exactly the converse of this : the Idea being given, to find the word or words by...idea may be most fitly and aptly expressed. For this purp ,e, the words and phrases of the language arc here classed, riot according to their sound or their... | |
| 1855 - 424 pages
...dictionary Is simply to explain the meaning of woids— the word being given, to find Its signification, or the idea it is Intended to convey. The object aimed at here Is exactly the converse of this : the idea being given, to find the word or words by which that... | |
| Arnold Guyot - 1855 - 368 pages
...dictionary is simply to explain the meaning of words — the word being given, to find Its signification, or the idea it is intended to convey. The object aimed at here is exactly the converse of this : the idea being given, to find the word or words by which that... | |
| Arnold Guyot - 1855 - 360 pages
...dictionary is simply to explain the meaning of woids— the word being given, to find its signification, or the Idea it is intended to convey. The object aimed at here Is exactly the converse of this : the idea being given, to find the word or wordi* by which that... | |
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