{ Par‐de″ (?), Par‐die″ (?) }, adv. or interj. [F. pardi, for par Dieu by God.] Certainly; surely; truly; verily; — originally an oath. [Written also pardee, pardieux, perdie, etc.]
He was, parde, an old fellow of yours. Chaucer.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.