PAR
Hr 559. Fate 73, far 77, fall S3, tilt 81—me 93,PARAGRAPH, pdr'ru-grdf, s. A distinct
part of a discourse.
PARAGRAPHICALLY, pdr-rd-grdf'fi-kdl-le, ad. By paragraphs.PARAJLLACT1CAL, pdr-dl-lak'ti-kdl ,}509. , , S
PARALLACTICK, pdr-ral-ldk't?k, )a. Pertaining to a parallax.
PARALLAX,'par'ral-laks, s. The distancebetween the true and apparent place of anystar viewed from the earth.
PARALLEL, par'ral-lel,a. Extended in thesame direction, and preserving always thesame distance; having the same tendency;continuing the resemblance through manyparticulars, equal.
PARALLEL, pilr'ral-lel, s. Lines continu-ing their course, and still remaining at thesame distance from each other ; lines on theglobe marking the latitude; direction conform-able to that of another line; resemblance,conformity continued through many particu-lars, comparison made ; any thing resemblinganother.
To PARALLEL, pdr'riiUdl, v. a. To placeso as always to keep the same direction withanother line ; to keep in the same direction, tolevel; to correspond to ; to be equal to, toresemble through many particulars ; to com-pare.
PARALLELISM, pdr'rdl-lel-izm, s. Stateof being parallel.
PARALLELOGRAM, par-d-lil'lA-grdm, a.Jn geometry, a right-lined quadrilateral figure,whose opposite sides are parallel and equal.PARALLELOGRAMICAL, pttr-d-lil-A-grdin'me-kdl, a. 509. Having the proper-ties of a parallelogram.
To PARALOGIZE, pd-rdl'A-jize, v. n. Toreason sophistically.
PARALOGISM, par-rll'lA-jlzm, a. A falseargument.
PARALOGY, pdr-rdlli-jt, s. 618. Falsereasoning.
PARALYSIS , pa-ral'e-sls, s. A palsy.
To PARALYZE , par a-llze, r. a. To weak-en, to deprive of strength as if struck with apalsy.
fc? The very general use of this word, especiallyMttce the French revolution, seems to entitle it to aplace in the Dictionary a of our language; aa it notonly more forcibly expresses the common idea than toenervate, or to deaden, but serves to fill up thoae va-cancies in speech where there is no ver b to correspondto a substantive or adjective. Hence Pope 's happycoinage of the verb to sensualize .— See the verb toPanegyrize.—A happier instance of the use of thiaword, and a better authority for it, cannot be giventhan in Hannidi More’s Stricture * on Education, vol .i. page 49, whcie, speaking of the philosophic audsystPinatick vice of modern infidels on the Conlinoni,she says: This cool, calculating, intellectual wicked-ness, eats out the very heart and core of virtue, and,liken deadly mildew, blights and shrivels the bloomingpromise of the human spring. Its benumbing ton< h com-municates a torpid sluggishness, which paralyzes thesoul. It descants on depravity, and details its gi ossestact* as frigidly as if its object were to allay the tumultof the passions, while it is letting them loose on man-kind, by pluckiug ofl thy muzzle of present n straintand future accouutablencsi.”
PAUALYTICAL, pAr-A-llt'tA-kAl,(«. l’al-PARALYTICK,pAr-A-lit'tik, 509. Jsied.iu-
©lined to palsy.
PAR
, nictOo—pine 105,pin 107—n(\l62,iu&ve 164»
PARAMOUNT, pilr-d-mount', a. Superior,having the highest jurisdiction; as, Lordrumount, the chief of the seigniory ; eminent*of the highest order.
PARAMOUNT, p&r-d-mount',*. The chief-
PARAMOUR, pilr'ril-m6ir, s . French . Alover or wooer ; a mistress.
PARANYMPH, pdr'ril-idmf, s. A bride-
man, one who lends the bride to her marriage;one who countenances or supports another.Not used.
PARAPEGM, p&r'd-pdm, s. 389. A brazentable fixed to a pillar, on which laws andproclamations were anciently engraved; atable of astronomical observations.
PARAPEGMA, p&r-ii-pdgmii, s. The sameas Parapegin. Plural , Parapegmata .
PARAPET , pdrrd-p^t, s. A wall breast
PARAPHIMOSIS, pdr-rd-fe-mA'sls, s. 520.Disease when the preeputium cannot be drawnover the glands.
PARAPHERNALIA, pdr-a-flr-im'le-d, s.Goods in the wife’s disposal.
PARAPHRASE, pdr'rd-fr&ze, ,. A looseinterpretation, an explanation in many words.
To PARAPHRASE, pdrriUfrkze, v. a. Tointerpret with laxity of expression, to trails*late loosely.
PAR APHRAST, pdr'rd-fidst, s. A lax in-
terpreter, one who explains in many words.
PARAPHRASTICAL, pdr-d-lids'tA-kdl, A509. >
PARAPHRASTICK, pdr-d-frds'tlk, .)
a. . Lax in interpretation, not literal, notverbal.
PARAPIIRENITIS, par-d-fre-ni'tfs, s. An
inflammation of the diaphragm.
PARASANG, pdr'd-silng, s. A Persian measure of length.
PARASITE, pir'riLsite, s. 155. One thatfrequents rich tables, and earns his welcomeby flattery.
PARASITICAL, pai-ii-sMfc-U], la.Flat-
PARASITICK, p&r-d-sh'tfk, 509. j tering?wheedling.
PARASOL , pilrnt-flAle, s. A small sort ofcanopy or umbrella carried over the head toshade from the sun.
PAltATHESIS, pd-nUk'i-sls, a. A figure ingrammar where two or more substantives areput in the same case, ns, “ He went to thecountry where he was bom [France ], and diedthere.” In rhetorick, a short hint, with a pro-mise of future enlargement. In printing, themutter contained between two crotchets*nmtked (inis [ ].
To PARBOIL, pSr'boll, f. a. To half
boil,
PARCEL, p&r'sll, s. 99. A small bundle ia part of the whole taken separately ; a quan-tity or mass ; a number of person*, in con-tempt ; any number or quantity, in contempt*
To PARCEL, pdr'sll, r. a. To divide intoportions ; to make up into a mass.
To PARCH, parish, r. a. 352. To burnslightly and superficially.
To PARCH, put Ish, r. «. To ho scorched-
P AR<'HMENT,pdi tsh nieuLs. Skins dressedfor the writer.
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