Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAR-A-DIGM'
PA-RAD'EDPAR-A-DIG-MAT'IC, or PAR-A-DIG-MAT'IC-AL
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.
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