"Robert Cawdrey's Table Alphabeticall, published in 1604, was the first single-language English dictionary ever published. It lists approximately 3000 words, defining each one with a simple and brief description. A number of the words listed in the 'Table Alphabeticall' were thought of as 'hard' - or unfamiliar to the general public - as they were derived from foreign or ancient languages such as Hebrew, Greek, Latin or French."
- British Library
This is part of an investigation I've been doing into the use and spelling of -ize suffix verbs and their spelling (-ize or -ise) in British English. For more details, related posts and the methods I've used, see the -ize / -ise page.
Robert Cawdrey - A Table Alphabeticall 1601
- Wikipedia
- E-version of 1604 edition - University Of Toronto
In the main listing the dictionary lists 12 -ize suffix verbs and 10 French -ise verbs .Note that he spells some -ize suffix verbs with a z, and some with an s
| Suffix -ize verbs | French -ise verbs |
| canonise | aduertise |
| catechiser | affranchise |
| epitomise | circumcise |
| equalize | disfranchised |
| gargarise | disguised |
| methodized | enfranchise |
| particularize | enterprise |
| patronise | franchise |
| scandalize | miguionise |
| solemnize | surprise |
| temporise | |
| tiranize |
A note on miguionise
All Google searches seem to lead back to this dictionary.
Showing all instances of -ize and -ise as shown in the main listing
- [fr] = of French origin
- (g) = of Greek origin
| [fr] aduertise, giue knowledge, aduise, or coun- sell: |
| [fr] affranchise, set at libertie. |
| canonise, (g) make a saint, to examine by rule: |
| catechiser, that teacheth the principles of Christian religion. |
| circumcise, to cut the priuie skin |
| [fr] disfranchis, take away freedome: |
| [fr] disguised, counterfeited, seeming that it is not: |
| [fr] enfranchise, make free |
| [fr] enterprise, beginne, take in |
| epitomise, (g) to make an epitome, or to bring a booke into a lesser volume. |
| equalize, match, or make equall |
| gargarise, to wash the mouth, and throate |
| methodized, (g) brought into order |
| [fr] miguionise, play the wanton: |
| particularize, to deuide into parts, and to handle euery particuler. |
| patronise, defend |
| scandalize, (g) to offend, or giue occasion, to mislike |
| solemnize, to doe a thing with great pompe, reuerence, or deuotion |
| [fr] surprise, to come vpon, and vnawares, and to take of a suddaine. |
| temporise, to serue the time, or to followe the fashions, and behauiour of the time. |
| tiranize, vse crueltie |
Cawdrey also uses the word baptiser in the definitions (for baptist), but does not include the verb baptize in the main listings
He also uses the words: advise, comprise, despise, devise, exercise and unadvised in the definitions, but doesn't include them in the listings
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