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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
I notice you conveniently avoided one key qualifier asked for in the post you quoted: "up-to-date".
The Webster's 1913 is anything but. The various varieties of English have changed so much in the last century that relying on such an antique makes little sense. Shift happens, words change their meaning, or connotation, and a century-old fossil won't show any of that. For those times when one simply MUST know the meaning of an obsolete word or archaicism, go online to the OED. Or, if antebellum is for some weird reason a must, the Webster's 1913 is also available online.
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It depends on what you mean by "up-to-date". The Webster's 1913 is sufficiently up-to-date for most purposes.