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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pa-răch'ro-nĭsm, n. p. 946An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is made later than it was in reality.Păr'a-chrōse, a. p. 946(Min.) Changing color by exposure to the weather. Mohs.Păr'a-chute, n. p. 946A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which any thing may be sent down from a balloon without danger of too rapid motion.Păr'a-clēte, n. p. 946An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; — a term applied to the Holy Spirit.Păr'a-clōse, n. p. 946(Eccl. Arch.) A screen separating a chapel from the body of a church. Hook.Păr'a-crōs'tic, n. p. 946A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, all the letters which commence the remaining verses of the poem. [Rare.] Brande.Păr/a-cȳ-ăn’ō-gen, n. p. 946(Chem.) A brownish-black insoluble substance, which remains after the decomposition of the cyanide of mercury by heat. It is apparently isomeric with cyanogen. Silliman.Pa-rāde', n. p. 946Pompous exhibition; display; ostentation; show. Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. Swift. 2. Especially, military display; the assembly and orderly arrangement of troops for show…Pa-rāde', v. t. p. 946To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to show off; to make a spectacle of. 2. To assemble and array or marshal in military order; as, to parade troops.Pa-rāde', v. i. p. 946To go about for show. 2. To assemble and be marshaled in military order; to go about in military procession.Păr'a-dīgm, n. p. 946An example; a model. [Obs. and rare.] Those ideas in the divine understanding being looked upon by these philosophers as the paradigms and patterns of all things. Cudworth. 2. (Gram.) An example of a…Păr'a-dig-măt'ic or Păr'a-dig-măt'ic-al, a. p. 946Exemplary. [Obs.] More.Păr'a-dig-măt'ic, n. p. 946(Eccl. Hist.) A writer of the memoirs of religious persons, as examples of Christian excellence.Păr'a-dĭg'ma-tīze, v. t. p. 946To set forth as a model, or example. [Obs.] Hammond.Pār'a-dĭg'ram-māt'i-çe, n. p. 946The act or art of molding figures in plaster. [Obs.]Paradīs, n. p. 946A wet dock or inner harbor. 2. The upper gallery in a play-house.Pār'a-di-sā'ie or Pār'a-di-sā'ie-al, a. p. 946Pertaining to, or resembling, paradise.Pār'a-dī'sal, a. p. 946Of, or relating to, paradise; paradisical. Lee.Pār'a-dīse, n. p. 946(Script.) The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed immediately after their creation. 2. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight. The earth Shall all be paradise.…Pär'a-dīse, v. t. p. 946To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. [Rare.] Marston.Pär'a-dĭs'e-ă, n. p. 946(Ornith.) A genus of passerine birds; bird of paradise.Pār'a-dīsed, a. p. 946Placed in paradise; enjoying delights as of paradise. [Obs.]Pār'a-dĭs'e-an, a. p. 946Of, or relating to, paradise.Pār'a-di-sī'ae-al or Pār'a-dīs'ī-al, a. p. 946Pär'a-dīs'ī-an p. 946Pertaining to Eden or paradise, or to a place of felicity; suitable to, or like, paradise.Pār'a-dīs'ie or Pār'a-dīs'ie-al, a. p. 946Pertaining to paradise; paradisiacal.Pār'a-dŏs, n. p. 946(Fort.) A mound of earth thrown up to protect a battery or other outwork from a fire in the rear.Păr'/a-dŏx, n. p. 946A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; a sentiment seemingly absurd or contradictory; that which in appearance and language is absurd, but yet true in fact. A glass there is to color…Păr/a-dŏx'al, a. p. 946The same as PARADOXICAL. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Păr/a-dŏx'ie-al, a. p. 946Having the nature of a paradox. 2. Inclined to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions; — said of persons. The proposition appears to me one of the most untenable that ever was advanced by a…Pār/a-dōx'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 946In a paradoxical manner, or in a manner seemingly absurd.Pār'a-dŏx'ie-al-ness, n. p. 946State of being paradoxical.Pār'a-dox-ōl'o-gy, n. p. 946The use of paradoxes. [Obs.] Browne.Pār'a-dŏx'y, n. p. 946A paradoxical statement; also, the state or quality of being paradoxical. Coleridge.Pār'/a-drōme, n. p. 946(Arch.) A gallery or passage without any covering overhead. Ash.Pār'af-fīne, n. p. 946(Chem.) A white, translucent, crystalline substance, tasteless and inodorous, obtained from the distillation of mineral and vegetable tar. It resembles spermaceti, fuses at 110° Fahrenheit, and is…Pār'age, n. p. 946(Law.) (a.) (O. Eng. Law.) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance. (b.) (Feudal Law.) Equality of condition between persons holding unequal…Pār'a-gĕn'ie, a. p. 946Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual;— said of peculiarities of structure, character, and the like. Dana.Pār'a-gō'ge, n. p. 946(Gram.) The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as dicier, for dici, withouten for without. 2. (Surg.) The act of fitting together, as the bones of a fractured limb; the…Pār'a-gōg'ic or Pār'a-gōg'ic-al, a. p. 946Pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word. Paragogic letters, in the Semitic languages, letters which are added to the ordinary forms of words…Pār'a-gŏn, n. p. 946A companion; a fellow; a match; an equal. [Obs.] “Comparing it to the present Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister.” Sidney. 2. A model or pattern; a model by way of distinction…Pār'a-gōn, v. t. p. 946To compare; to parallel; to put in companionship, rivalry, or emulation with. [Obs.] The picture of Pamela, in little form, he wore in a tablet, purposing to paragon the little one with Artesia’s…Pār'a-gŏn, v. i. p. 946To pretend to comparison or equality. [Rare.] Scott.Pār'a-grām, n. p. 946A play upon words; a pun. Addison.Pār'a-grām'ma-tist, n. p. 946A punster. Addison.Pār'a-grān'di-ne p. 946An apparatus made use of, in some parts of Europe, to protect crops from injury by hailstones. It consists of numerous metallic points and straw ropes bound together with hempen threads, and erected…Pär'a-grāph, n. p. 946A marginal remark or note, set to call attention to something in a text, or to mark a change of subject;—at present, the character [¶], used as a reference, or to mark a division. ☞ This character is…Pār'a-grāph, v. t. p. 946To form into paragraphs; to write in the compass of a paragraph; to express paragraphically. 2. To speak of or notice in a paragraph or paragraphs.Pār'a-grāph'ic or Pār'a-grāph'ic-al, a. p. 946Consisting of paragraphs, or short divisions with breaks.Păr'a-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 946By paragraphs; with distinct breaks or divisions.Pa-rāg'ra-phist, n. p. 946One who writes or divides into paragraphs.Pa-rāg'ra-phist'ie-al, a. p. 946Of, or relating to, a paragraphist. [Rare.] Beau. & Fl.Pār'a-gua'yan, n. p. 946(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Paraguay, in South America.Pār'a-gua'yan, a. p. 946(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Paraguay, or its inhabitants.Pār'ail, n. p. 946Apparel; clothing. [Obs.] Chaucer.Pār'ail, v. t. p. 946To apparel; to attire; to dress; to clothe. [Obs.] Piers PlowmanPār'a-leip'sis, n. p. 946(Rhet.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker pretends to pass by what, at the same time, he really mentions; as, I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and…Pa-rā'li-an, n. p. 947One who dwells near the sea. [Rare.]Pār'a-li-pōm'e-na, n. pl. p. 947Things omitted; hence, a supplement containing something omitted in the preceding work. The books of Chronicles are so called. Brande.Pār'a-lip'sis, n. p. 947See PARALEIPSIS.