"As a matter of fact, I'm an inveterate user of dictionaries. I'll let my use of English in my posts to this forum stand testament to that. It's just that, as a well-educated scientist, I tend to question everything and take nothing at face value, and I don't care much for authority."

So why do you use a foreign dictionary to justify your position?
Very weak Shaw, very weak. as a well educated scientist you must do better!