An Abridgement of the Last Quarto Edition of Ainsworth's Dictionary, English and Latin
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by Robert Ainsworth
| Ainsworth's Dictionary | ||
 at the College of William & Mary. |
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| Author | Robert Ainsworth | |
| Edition | Precise edition unknown | |
| Desc. | 8vo | |
This dictionary was designed for use in schools and in teaching the formal use of both English and Latin for formal composition.[1] The abridgment omits full verb declination instead focusing on a more efficient presentation of the verb form and a description of the pattern it follows.[2] This was done for pedagogical purposes, to attempt to force students to remember the declination and verb forms of the Latin they had to learn.[3]
