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Discovering Collection allows you to search through three dictionaries:

• Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
• Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary
• Merriam Webster's New Biographical Dictionary

This feature enables you to search for any term that appears in the dictionaries. To use this feature, click dictionary from the Discovering Collection homepage or any other search page. Choose which dictionary you wish to search and then enter a search term. Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is the default dictionary. To view a list of terms, type the first few letters of a term followed by the asterisk (*) truncation character. Results will appear alphabetically. Click on the term you are interested to receive the description of the term.