‘with -relation, – reference, – respect, – regard- to;’ is meant to include the phrases ‘with relation to,’ ‘with reference to,’ ‘with respect to,’ ‘with regard to.’
‘root –, weed –, grub –, rake- -up, – out;’ includes ‘root up,’ ‘root out,’ ‘weed up,’ ‘weed out,’ ‘grub up,’ ‘grub out,’ ‘rake up,’ ‘rake out.’
‘away from –, foreign to –, beside- the -purpose, – question, – transaction, – point;’ includes ‘away from the purpose,’ ‘foreign to the purpose,’ ‘beside the purpose,’ ‘away from the question,’ ‘foreign to the question,’ ‘foreign to the transaction,’ ‘beside the question,’ ‘away from the point,’ ‘beside the transaction,’ ‘foreign to the point,’ ‘away from the transaction,’ ‘beside the point.’
‘raze, – to the ground;’ includes ‘raze,’ and ‘raze to the ground.’
‘campan-iform, -ulate, -iliform;’ includes ‘campaniform,’ ‘campanulate,’ and ‘campaniliform.’
‘goodness &c. adj.;’ ‘badly &c. adj.;’ ‘hindered &c. v.;’ include all words similarly formed from synonyms of ‘good,’ ‘bad,’ and ‘hinder,’ respectively, given under the headings Adj. and V. in the same categories where the abbreviations occur.
The particle ‘to’ before a verb has in all cases been rejected, the heading V. being thought sufficiently distinctive; the use of capitals for the initial letters of the first words of paragraphs has been abandoned, as giving those words undue importance; and the title of each category has been kept distinct from the collection of words under its heading.
I should be ungrateful were I not to acknowledge the assistance derived, both by my father and myself, from various suggestions made by well-wishers to the work, some of whom have been personally unknown to either of us; and also to record my thanks to several kind friends, and to Messrs. Spottiswoode and Co.’s careful reader, for valuable aid during the passage of the sheets through the press.*
John L. Roget.
5, Randolph Crescent,
- Maida Hill, London, W.
- March 17th, 1879.
* Postscript.—The Editor also returns his best thanks for similar help in his endeavours to improve subsequent reprints by emendations and useful additions; and he would be obliged by the communication, for future use, of such further practical suggestions as may occur to the reader.
A Supplement, appended to the Index, contains many references, which could not conveniently be inserted therein, to the newly added words and phrases.
