Paraph

(pār'af), n. [Fr. paraphe, contracted from paragraphe. Cf. Sp. parrajo, and see PARAGRAPH.] The figure or flourish made by a pen under one's signature, formerly used to provide against forgery.

[imp. & p. p. PARAPHED (păr'aft); p. pr. & vb. n. PARAPHING.] To add a paraph to; hence, to sign, as a document, with the initials.