MORAES E SILVA, Antonio de (mo-rah'-ess-ay-sil'-vah), Brazilian lexicographer, born in Rio Janeiro in 1756; died in Pernambuco in 1825. He studied in Rio Janeiro, was graduated at Coimbra, and, returning to Brazil, became a judge in Bahia, but resigned in 1803 and retired to Pernambuco, where he acquired much property and was created Count of Engenho in 1805. At the time of the revolution of 1817 he was elected colonel of the militia of Maribeca and refused the nomination for governor of the province. He afterward led a retired life devoted to literary researches and respected by all parties and administrations, which often sought his advice. As an author he obtained a great reputation, and most of his works are yet in use in the universities of Brazil. They include '" H istoria de Portugal eomposta em Inglez por urea sociedade de liheratos, transladada em vulgar, corn as addicoes da versao franeeza e notas do t raductor portuguez'' (3 vols., Lisbon, 1788; second ed., revised, 4 vols., Pernambuco, 1806) ; and " Diccionacio da Lingua Portugueza" (2 vols., Lisbon, 1789; revised ed., Pernambuco, 1815). The latter was enlarged by Agostinho do Mendonca Falcao, and in its new form is the standard dictionary of the Portuguese language, lie also wrote "Reere(;go do homem sensivel, o collecao de Exemph)s verda-deiros e patheticos" (2 vols., Pernambuco, 1819); and several less important works.