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English Dictionary: vocabularies by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vocabulary \Vo*cab"u*la*ry\, n.; pl. {Vocabularies}. [LL.
      vocabularium, vocabularius: cf. F. vocabulaire. See
      {Vocable}.]
      1. A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical
            order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a
            whole language, a single work or author, a branch of
            science, or the like; a word-book.
  
      2. A sum or stock of words employed.
  
                     His vocabulary seems to have been no larger than was
                     necessary for the transaction of business.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
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