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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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Pār'a-phrāse, n. p. 948A re-statement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth in other and more…Pār'a-phrāse, v. t. p. 948To explain, interpret, or translate with latitude; to unfold the sense of an author with more clearness and particularity than it is expressed in his own words.Pār'a-phrāse, v. i. p. 948To interpret or explain amply; to make a paraphrase.Pār'a-phrāst, n. p. 948One who paraphrases; one who explains or translates in words more ample and clear than the words of the author.Pār'a-phrāst'ic or Pār'a-phrāst'ic-al, a. p. 948Free, clear, and ample in explanation; explaining or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not verbal or literal; diffuse.Pār'a-phrāst'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 948In a paraphrastic manner.Pār'a-phre-nī'tis, n. p. 948(Med.) An inflammation of the diaphragm. Arbuthnot.Pār'a-plē'gī-ă or Pār'a-plē'g-y, n. p. 948(Med.) Palsy of the lower half of the body on both sides. It is caused mainly by disease of the spinal cord.Par-ăp’/o-plĕx’/y, n. p. 948(Med.) A soporous state resembling apoplexy; false apoplexy. Dunglison.Pär'a-quet' or Pär'a-qui'to, n. p. 948A small species of parrot. See PARRAKEET.Pār'a-sāng, n. p. 948(Antiq.) A Persian measure of length, which Herodotus states to be thirty stadia, nearly four English miles; but in different times and places, it has been thirty, forty, or sixty stadia.Pār'a-scēne' or Pār'a-scē'ni-ūm, n. p. 948(Rom. Antiq.) An apartment in the back part of a theatre, used by the actors for robing and unrobing themselves.Pār'a-sçēū-ās'tie, a. p. 948Preparatory. [Obs. and rare.]Pā'ra-scē've, n. p. 948Preparation; among the Jews, the evening before the Sabbath. Chalmers.Pār'a-se-lē'ne, n. p. 948(Astron.) A mock moon; a luminous ring or circle encompassing the moon.Pār'a-sītē, n. p. 948(Gr. Antiq.) One whose office was to gather from the husbandmen the corn allotted for public sacrifices, and to superintend the sacrifices. 2. In later usage, one who dines at another's table; hence…Pār'a-sīt'ē or Pār'a-sīt'ē-al, a. p. 948Of the nature of a parasite: fawning for bread or favors; fawning; wheedling. “Parasitic preachers.” Milton. 2. Living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living thing; growing upon or…Pār'a-sīt'ē-al-ly, adv. p. 948In a parasitic, flattering, or wheedling manner; by dependence on another.Pār′-a-sīt′ĭc-al-ness, n. p. 948The state of being parasitical; parasitism.Păr'a-sīt'īsm, n. p. 948The state, condition, manners, or behavior of a parasite.Pār'/a-sōl', n. p. 948A small umbrella used by ladies to defend their faces from the sun’s rays.Pār'a-sol-ětte, n. p. 948A small parasol or sunshade.Păr'a-sy-näx'is, n. p. 948(Civil Law.) An unlawful meeting.Pār'a-tăx'is, n. p. 948(Gram.) The mere ranging of propositions one after another, without connection or dependence;—the opposite of syntax. Brande.Pa-răth'e-sĭs, n. p. 948(Gram.) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case, or in apposition. 2. (Rhet.) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded. Smart. 3. (Print.) The matter contained…Paratonnerre, n. p. 948A conductor of lightning; a lightning-rod.Păr′/ă-vāl′, a. p. 948(Eng. Law.) At the bottom; lowest. Cowell. In feudal law, the tenant paravail is the lowest tenant of the fee, or he who is immediate tenant to one who holds over of another. Wharton.Pār'a-vānt or Pār'a-vāunt, adv. p. 948In front; publicly; before; sooner. [Obs.] Spenser.Pär'boil, v. t. p. 948To boil in part; to cook partially by boiling.Pär'boiled, p. a. p. 948Boiled moderately or in part.Pär'breāk, v. i. or v. t. p. 948To throw out; to vomit. [Obs.] Skelton.Pär'breāk, n. p. 948Vomit. [Obs.] Spenser.Pär'bŭck-le, n. p. 948(Naut.) A purchase formed of a single rope around any weighty body, as a spar or cask, by which it is lowered or hoisted.Pär'bŭck-le, v. t. p. 948To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. Totten.Pär'cel, n. p. 948A portion of any thing taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. [Rare.] The same experiments succeed on two parcels of the white of an egg. Arbuthnot. 2. An indiscriminate or indefinite…Pär'cel, v. t. p. 948To divide and distribute by parts or portions;—often with out. Their woes are parceled, mine are general. Shak. These ghostly kings would parcel out my power. Dryden. 2. To make up into a mass.…Pär'çel, a. & adv. p. 948Part or half; in part; as, parcel-gilt; parcel-poet. The worthy dame was parcel-blind, and more than parcel-deaf. H. Scott.Pär'çel-boōk, n. p. 948A merchant’s register book for the dispatch of parcels. Simmonds.Pär'çel-ing, n. p. 948(Naut.) Long, narrow slips of canvas daubed with tar and bound about a rope like a bandage, before it is served; used, also, to raise a mouse on the stays, &c.Pär'çe-na-ry, n. p. 948(Law.) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; co-heirship. It differs in many respects from joint-tenancy, which is created by…Pär'çe-ner, n. p. 948(Law.) A co-heir, or one of two or more persons, to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate.Părch, v. t. p. 948To burn the surface of; to scorch; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn. 2. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. The ground below is parched. Dryden.Pärch, v. i. p. 948To be scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry. Mortimer.Pärch'ed-ness, n. p. 948The state of being scorched or dried to extremity.Pärch'ing-ly, adv. p. 948Scorchingly.Pärch'ment, n. p. 948The skin of a sheep or goat dressed or prepared and rendered fit for writing on.Pär'çi-ty, n. p. 948Sparingness. [Obs.]Pār'clōse, n. p. 948(Eccl. Arch.) A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. See PARACLOSE. Hook.Pärd, n. p. 948The leopard; in poetry, any spotted beast. “A match for pards in flight.” Shak.Pär'dale, n. p. 948A pard. [Obs.] “The pardale swift.” Spenser.Pär'do, n. p. 948L. 1. A Chinese vessel resembling a junk, but smaller. 2. A money of account in Goa, India, equivalent to about 2s. 6d. sterling, or about 60 cts. Simmonds.Pär'don, v. t. p. 948To remit as the consequences of a fault or a crime; to refrain from exacting as a penalty. I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it. Shak. 2. To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without…Pär'don, n. p. 948Remission of a penalty; as, an amnesty is a general pardon. 2. The release of an offense, or of the exposure of the offender to suffer a penalty, or to bear the displeasure of the offended party…Pär'don-a-ble, a. p. 949Admitting of pardon, not requiring the execution of penalty; venial; excusable; as, a pardonable offense.Pär'don-a-ble-ness, n. p. 949The quality of being pardonable; venialness; susceptibility of forgiveness; as, the pardonableness of sin.Pär'don-a-bly, adv. p. 949In a manner admitting of pardon; venially; excusably.Pär'don-er, n. p. 949One who forgives; one who absolves an offender. 2. A person licensed to sell papal indulgences. [Obs.] Nares.Pär'don-ing, p. a. p. 949Disposed to pardon; forgiving; as, a pardoning God. 2. Authorized to pardon; exercising the right or power to pardon; conferring authority to grant pardon; relating to pardon. I feel the utmost…Pāre, v. t. p. 949To cut off, as the superficial substance or extremities of a thing; to shave off with a sharp instrument; as, to pare an apple or an orange; to pare the nails; to pare a horse’s hoof. 2. To diminish…Pa-rĕg'me-nŏn, n. p. 949(Rhet.) The use of words of a common origin in the same sentence.