Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: PA-RAD'ED – PAR'A-GRAPH
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PA-RAD'ED, pp.
Assembled and arrayed.
PAR-A-DIGM', n. [Gr. παραδειγμα; παρα and δειγμα, example, from δεικνυμι, to show.]
An example; a model. In grammar, an example of a verb conjugated in the several modes, tenses and persons.
PAR-A-DIG-MAT'IC, or PAR-A-DIG-MAT'IC-AL, a.
Exemplary. [Little used.] – More.
PAR-A-DIG-MAT'IC, n.
In church history, a writer of the memoirs of religious persons, by way of examples of Christian excellence.
PAR-A-DIG'MA-TIZE, v.t.
To set forth as a model or example. [Little used.] – Hammond.
PA-RAD'ING, ppr.
Assembling and arraying in due order; making an ostentatious show.
PAR-A-DIS'AE-A, n. [PAR-A-DIS'Æ-A.]
A genus of Passerine birds, called in English, birds of Paradise, natives of the isles in the East Indies and of New Guinea. – Encyc.
PAR'A-DISE, n. [Gr. παραδεισος.]
- The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed immediately after their creation. – Encyc. Milton.
- A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight. The earth / Shall all be paradise. – Milton.
- Heaven, the blissful seat of sanctified souls after death. This day shalt thou be with me in paradise. – Luke xxiii.
- Primarily, in Persia, a pleasure-garden, with parks and other appendages. – Mitford.
PAR-A-DIS'E-AN, or PAR-A-DI-SI'AC-AL, a.
- Pertaining to Eden or Paradise, or to a place of felicity.
- Suiting paradise: like paradise.
PAR'A-DOX, n. [Fr. paradoxe; It paradosso; Gr. παραδοξια; παρα, beyond, and δοξα, opinion; δοκεω, to think or suppose.]
A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion, or seemingly absurd, yet true in fact. A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it appear; in show not to be altogether unreasonable. – Hooker.
PAR-A-DOX'IC-AL, a.
- Having the nature of a paradox. – Brown. Norris.
- Inclined to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions; applied to persons.
PAR-A-DOX'IC-AL-LY, adv.
In a paradoxical manner, or in a manner seemingly absurd. Collier.
State of being paradoxical.
PAR-A-DOX-OL'O-GY, n. [paradox and Gr. λογος, discourse.]
The use of paradoxes. [Not used.] Brown.
PAR'A-DROM, n. [Gr. παραδρομη.]
A large open gallery or passage.
PAR'AF-FINE, n.
A substance contained in the products of the distillation of the tar of beech-wood; a tasteless, inodorous fatty matter, fusible at 112º, and resisting the action of acids and alkalies. – Brande.
PAR-A-GO'GE, or PAR'A-GO-GY, n. [Gr. παραγωγη, a draining out; παρα and αγω.]
The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word; as dicier for dici. This is called a figure in grammar. Encyc.
PAR-A-GOG'IC, or PAR-A-GOG'IC-AL, a.
Pertaining to a paragoge; lengthening a word by the addition of a letter or syllable. – Parkhurst. Milton.
PAR'A-GON, n. [Fr. parangon, comparison, a pattern; It. paragone, from paraggio, comparison; Sp. paragon, model; from L. par, equal.]
- A model or pattern; a model by way of distinction, implying superior excellence or perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence.
- A companion; a fellow. [Obs.] – Spenser.
- Emulation; a match for trial. [Obs.] – Spenser.
PAR'A-GON, v.i.
To pretend comparison or equality. [Little used.] – Stott.
PAR'A-GON, v.t. [Sp. paragonar; It. paragonare, to compare, to equal; Fr. parangonner.]
- To compare; to parallel. The picture of Pamela, in little form, he wore in a tablet, proposing to paragon the little one with Artesia's length. [Little used.] – Sidney.
- To equal. [Little used.] – Shak.
PAR'A-GRAM, n. [Gr. παραγραμμα.]
A play upon words or a pun. – Addison.
A punster. – Addison.
PAR'A-GRAPH, n. [It. paragrafo; Fr. paragraphe; Gr. παραγραφη, a marginal note; παραγραφω, to write near or beyond the text; παρα, beyond, and γραφω, to write.]
A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any portion or section of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one sentence or many sentences. A paragraph is sometimes marked thus, ¶. But more generally, a paragraph is distinguished only by break in the composition or lines.
PAR'A-GRAPH, v.t.
To form or write paragraphs.