Definition of paraph

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Paraph (n.) A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery..

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Paraphrastic :: Paraphrastic (a.) Alt. of Paraphrastica.
Paraphosphoric :: Paraphosphoric (a.) Pyrophosphoric.
Paraphernal :: Paraphernal (a.) Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property..
Paraphrased :: Paraphrased (imp. & p. p.) of Paraphras.
Paraph :: Paraph (v. t.) To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials..
Farse :: Farse (n.) An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation..
Paraphrasing :: Paraphrasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paraphras.
Paraphernalia :: Paraphernalia (n. pl.) Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.
Parapherna :: Parapherna (n. pl.) The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own..
Metaphrase :: Metaphrase (n.) A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase..
Paraphrastical :: Paraphrastical (a.) Paraphrasing; of the nature of paraphrase; explaining, or translating in words more clear and ample than those of the author; not literal; free..
Text :: Text (n.) A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary..
Paraphrase :: Paraphrase (n.) A restatement 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 the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; -- opposed to metaphrase..
Paraphraser :: Paraphraser (n.) One who paraphrases.
Paraphernalia :: Paraphernalia (n. pl.) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree..
Paraphagma :: Paraphagma (n.) One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea.
Paraphimosis :: Paraphimosis (n.) A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again..
Paraphing :: Paraphing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Parap.
Paraphyses :: Paraphyses (pl. ) of Paraphysi.
Terephthalic :: Terephthalic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the aromatic series, metameric with phthalic acid, and obtained, as a tasteless white crystalline powder, by the oxidation of oil of turpentine; -- called also paraphthalic acid. Cf. Phthalic..
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