Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Ascertaining the Meaning of a Word
Walter Headlam (1866-1908), On Editing Aeschylus. A Criticism (London: David Nutt, 1891), p. 73:
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We have now seen that Dr. Verrall's method of ascertaining the meaning of a word is first to assume the meaning he desires; to ignore all instances of the word that will not admit that meaning, and to refer to such few as he can force to admit it; and upon such evidence to assert that no other meaning is admitted bv the word.
