v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paraphed p. pr. & vb. n. Paraphing. ] [ Cf. F. parapher, parafer. ] To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. paraphe, parafe, contr. fr. paragraphe. ] 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. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. ] (Rom. Law) The property of a woman which, on her marriage, was not made a part of her dower, but remained her own. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. paraphernal. ] Of or pertaining to paraphernalia; as, paraphernal property. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ LL. paraphernalia bona, fr. L. parapherna, pl., parapherna, Gr. &unr_;; para` beside + &unr_; a bride's dowry, fr. fe`rein to bring. See 1st Bear. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Law) Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Personal belongings; ornaments; finery; sundry objects carried about for personal convenience. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. The appendages, apparatus, or equipment used in a particular activity; as, surveyors unloading their paraphernalia from a van. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; beyond + &unr_; to muzzle. ] (Med.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. para- + phosphoric. ] (Chem.) Pyrophosphoric. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Paraphragmata [ NL., fr. Gr. para` beside + &unr_;, &unr_;, an inclosure. ] (Zool.) One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea. -- Par`a*phrag"mal a. [1913 Webster]

v. i. To make a paraphrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. paraphrasis, Gr. para`frasis, from parafra`zein to say the same thing in other words; para` beside + fra`zein to speak: cf. F. paraphrase. See Para-, and Phrase. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not so strictly followed as his sense. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Excellent paraphrases of the Psalms of David. I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sermons a living paraphrase upon his practice. Sowth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Targums are also called the Chaldaic or Aramaic Paraphrases. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]