Pa-ru'si-ȧ, n.

Pa-ru'si-ȧ (pa-ru'zhĭ-ȧ), n. [Gr. παρουσία, presence, from παρεῖναι, to be present, from παρά, beside, and εἶναι, to be.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which the present tense is used for the past or future, as in the animated narration of past or prediction of future events.