Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PARAPHRASED

PAR'APHRASED, participle passive Amply explained or translated.

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PARAPHRASING

PAR'APHRASING, participle present tense Explaining or translating amply and freely.

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PARAPHRAST

PAR'APHRAST, noun [Gr.] One that paraphrases; one that explains or translates in words more ample and clear than the words of the author.

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PARAPHRASTICALLY

PARAPHRAS'TICALLY, adverb In a paraphrastic manner.

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PARAPHRENITIS

PARAPHREN'ITIS, noun [Gr. delirium.] An inflammation of the diaphragm.

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PARAPLEGY

PAR'APLEGY, noun [Gr. beyond, and stroke; to smite.]That kind of palsy which affects the lower part of the body.

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PARAQUET

PARAQUET', noun A little parrot.

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PARASANG

PAR'ASANG, noun A persian measure of length, which Herodotus states to be thirty stadia, nearly four English miles; but in different times and places, it has been 30, 40 or 50 s...

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PARASCEUASTIC

PARASCEUAS'TIC, adjective Preparatory.

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PARASCEVE

PARASCE'VE, noun [Gr. preparation.] Preparation; the sabbath-eve of the Jews.

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PARASELENE

PARASELE'NE, noun [Gr. about or near, and the moon.] A mock moon; a luminous ring or circle encompassing the moon, in which sometimes are other bright spots bearing some resembl...

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PARASITE

PAR'ASITE, noun [Latin parasita; Gr. by, and corn.]1. In ancient Greece, a priest or minister of the gods whose office was to gather of the husbandman the corn allotted for publ...

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PARASITIC

PARASIT'ICPARASIT'ICAL, adjective Flattering; wheedling; fawning for bread or favors.1. Growing on the stem or branch of another plant; as a parasitic plant.

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PARASITICAL

PARASIT'ICAL, a. Flattering; wheedling; fawning for bread or favors.1. Growing on the stem or branch of another plant; as a parasitic plant.

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PARASITICALLY

PARASIT'ICALLY, adverb In a flattering or wheedling manner; by dependence on another.

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PARASITISM

PAR'ASITISM, noun The behavior or manners of a parasite.

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PARASOL

PAR'ASOL, noun [Latin sol.] A small umbrella used by ladies to defend themselves from rain, or their faces from the sun's rays.

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PARAT

PAR'AT, noun A fish or the mullet kind, found in Brazil.

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PARATHESIS

PARATH'ESIS, noun [Gr.] In grammar, apposition, or the placing of two or more nouns in the same case.

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PARAVAIL

PARAVA'IL, adjective In feudal law, the tenant paravail is the lowest tenant holding under a mean or mediate lord, as distinguished from a tenant in capite, who holds immediatel...

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PARAVANT

PAR'AVANTPAR'AVAUNT, adverb In front; publicly. [Not English nor used.]

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PARAVAUNT

PAR'AVAUNT, adv. In front; publicly. [Not English nor used.]

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PARBOIL

P'ARBOIL, verb transitive1. To boil in part; to boil in a moderate degree.2. To cause little pustules or pushes on the skin by means of heat; as parboiled wretches.

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PARBREAK

P'ARBREAK, verb intransitive [See Break.] To vomit.

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PARBUCKLE

P'ARBUCKLE, noun Among seamen, a rope like a pair of slings for hoisting casks, etc.

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PARCEL

P'ARCEL, noun [Latin particula, particle, from pars, part.]1. A part; a portion of any thing taken separately.The same experiments succeed on two parcels of the white of an egg....

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PARCELED

P'ARCELED, participle passive Divided into portions.