When did Mr. Webster write the first dictionary?

And how do we know that all the definitions are factual vs. the possibility that we are just accepting his words and definitions as factual?When did Mr. Webster write the first dictionary?
When Noah was 43, he started writing the first American dictionary. He did this because Americans in different

parts of the country spelled, pronounced and used words differently. He thought that all Americans should speak

the same way. He also thought that Americans should not speak and spell just like the English.



Noah used American spellings like "color" instead of the English "colour" and "music" instead " of "musick". He

also added American words that weren't in English dictionaries like "skunk" and "squash". It took him over 27

years to write his book. When finished in 1828, at the age of 70, Noah's dictionary had 70,000 words in it.



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The first dictionary by Noah Webster of the English language for American users was called A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. Webster is widely credited with writing the very first American dictionary, even though a couple of other, less significant American works preceded the Compendious Dictionary. But neither of these had the stature of Webster鈥檚 works, nor did they break away from the British practices and standards as did Webster鈥檚 work. His book was intended to be more correct for American users than the London dictionaries then available.



Thousands of the words and definitions in this early reference book, first published in the year 1806, remain unchanged almost 200 years later. But a review of many of the entries brings home the reality of a vital, changing language. Not only do spellings change over time, (for example, the word 鈥榣eather鈥?did not always have an 鈥榓鈥?in it, and the word 鈥榯ongue鈥?was spelled 鈥榯ung鈥?during Webster鈥檚 time) but meanings change as well, as in the word 鈥業nlaw鈥?which used to be a verb that meant 鈥榯o clear from outlawry, to restore鈥?rather than a noun referring to the family of one鈥檚 spouse.



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One of his first efforts was The American Spelling Book (1783); the famed "Blue Backed Speller" which has never been out of print and has had a total sales volume estimated at 100,000,000 copies.

In 1806, Webster published his Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. Although it was no more than preparation for his later dictionary, it contained 5,000 more words than Samuel Johnson's 1755 dictionary and also a number of innovations including the first separation of i and j, and v and u, as alphabetical entities. In addition to the compiling of The Dictionary, Webster wrote on many subjects including politics, medicine, economics and science.

One hundred years after Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language it was hailed as the most significant contribution to the growth of English lexicography a view that is still true today.



The American Dictionary of the English Language was first published in 1828 and set the standard for all succeeding works that were to follow.



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