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The Century Dictionary, last published in 1911, was one of the most highly regarded dictionaries of English. It heavily influenced the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary and was used as the basis of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language.The first edition was published from 1889 to 1891 in six volumes, edited by William Dwight Whitney with Benjamin Eli Smith's assistance. It was based on the Imperial Dictionary, originally published by the Scottish firm Blackie in 1847-1850 under the editorship of John Ogilvie and revised by Charles Annadale when it was reissued in 1882-1883. (The Imperial Dictionary in turn had been based on the 1841 edition of Noah Webster's Dictionary.) Two supplementary volumes were issued after Whitney's death in 1894 under Smith's supervision: The Century Cyclopedia of Names (1894) and The Century Atlas (1897). The revised edition The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia was published in 1911 in ten quarto volumes, eight of entries, an atlas, and a volume on names.
The Century Dictionary was regarded not only for the quality of the entries, but for the craftsmanship in its design, typography, and binding.
Editors of the Oxford English Dictionary often relied on The Century Dictionary, citing it over 2,000 times in the first edition.
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