Definition for PAR-A-DIGM'

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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