METHOD OF THE PRESENT DICTIONARY Many words have been intentionally omitted. These may be grouped under two classes.1 (1) Pronouns, prepositions, numerals, etc., whose meaning is best learned from the Grammar. (2) Words which have the same form and meaning in English and Latin, e.g. corruptio. Except in the case of words enclosed within square brackets the form given first is that of the Oxford edition. When the form found in the Clementine Vulgate differs, the variation is noted by giving in brackets
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