Project Gutenberg 2023-03-05 Public domain in the USA. 168 Trench, Richard Chenevix 1807 1886 Chenevix, Richard Mayhew, A. L. (Anthony Lawson) 1842 1916 Mayhew, Anthony Lawson 32019995 A select glossary of English words used formerly in senses different from their present $aUnited Kingdom :$bKegan Paul, Trench, & Co., $c1890. Susan Skinner, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from Their Present" by Richard Chenevix Trench is a philological treatise written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a detailed exploration of the evolution of the meanings of various English words over time, highlighting the discrepancies between their historical and contemporary usages. Trench aims to enrich the reader's understanding of language by dissecting word transformations and providing insights into their origins and contextual applications. The opening of the volume establishes its purpose and approach, emphasizing Trench's intent to engage general readers in the study of language. He acknowledges the limitations of his work, expressing a desire to stimulate curiosity rather than provide exhaustive details on every word. Trench discusses the importance of being aware of how meanings have shifted subtly yet significantly over the years, potentially leading to misunderstandings of classic literature. The preface is framed as both an introduction to the glossary itself and an invitation for readers to appreciate the dynamic nature of language through careful examination of selected examples. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/selectglossaryof00trenrich/ 20210704101740trench 1890 GB Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en English language -- Semantics PE Text Category: Language & Communication Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 872477 2025-09-28T03:33:06.014173 text/html 864446 2023-03-05T18:43:52 text/html 517596 2025-09-28T03:33:23.033653 application/epub+zip 533622 2025-09-28T03:33:08.818168 application/epub+zip 397292 2025-09-28T03:33:07.285141 application/epub+zip 1054487 2025-09-28T03:33:30.732535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 964188 2025-09-28T03:33:21.697046 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598014 2025-09-28T03:33:02.053161 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 597827 2023-03-05T18:43:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18516 2025-09-28T03:33:30.921582 application/rdf+xml 14685 2025-09-28T03:33:07.687134 image/jpeg 1985 2025-09-28T03:33:07.488204 image/jpeg 242754 2023-03-05T18:43:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 1059435 2023-03-05T18:43:53 application/octet-stream application/zip 1068630 2025-09-28T03:33:06.077157 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia