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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language. It was first published in 1884 and has since undergone several editions and supplements. The second edition, published in 1989, comprises 20 volumes and includes over 500,000 words, 290,000 main entries, and extensive etymological and historical information. The dictionary features entries with the earliest recorded sense of a word, followed by additional senses in historical order, along with illustrative quotations. It is a seminal work for scholars and researchers, providing a detailed insight into the evolution of the English language[2][3][4].

This volume includes all of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, tragedies, and complete poems. The works are often categorized into comedies such as 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and 'Twelfth Night', histories like 'Henry IV' and 'Henry V', tragedies including 'Hamlet', 'Macbeth', and 'Romeo and Juliet', and his complete poems such as the 154 sonnets and other narrative poems like 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Rape of Lucrece'. Different editions may include collaborative works and varying editorial notes.