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PAR'ADOX, n. [Gr. beyond, and opinion; to or suppose.] A tenet or proposition co...
PARADOX'ICAL, a. Having the nature of a paradox. 1. Inclined to tenets or notion...
PARADOX'ICALLY, adv. In a paradoxical manner, or in a manner See mingly absurd.
PARADOX'ICALNESS, n. State of being paradoxical.
PARADOXOL'OGY, n. [paradox and Gr.discourse.] The use of paradoxes. [Not used.]
PARAGOGE, n. par'agojy. [Gr. a drawing out.] The addition of a letter or syllabl...
PARAGOG'IC PARAGOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a paragoge; lengthening a word by the ...
PAR'AGON, n. [L. par,equal.] 1. A model or pattern; a model by way of distinctio...
PAR'AGRAM,n. [Gr.] A play upon words or a pun.
PARAGRAM'MATIST, n. A punster.
PAR'AGRAPH, n. [Gr. a marginal note; to write near or beyond the text; beyond, a...
PARAGRAPH'IC, a. Consisting of paragraphs or short divisions, with breaks.
PARAGRAPH'ICALLY, adv. by paragraphs; with distinct breaks or divisions.
PARALEP'SIS PAR'ALEPSY, n. [Gr. omission; beyond or by, and to leave.] In rhetor...
PARALIPOM'ENA, n. [Gr. to omit; beyond, and to leave.] Things omitted; a supplem...
PAR'ALIZE, v.t. [Gr.] To affect as with palsy; to check action, or destroy the p...