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from any fudden attack, that may be made in reverfe. 
Parapet and parados come from terms fignifying, “ in the 
front” or “ in the rear” of any thing. James's Mil. Did. 
PAR'ADOX, f. [from the Gr. vrnpu,, againft, and 
opinion.] A tenet or proportion feemingly abfurd, be- 
caufe contrary to received opinion ; but yet true in effeft. 
—The Copernican fyftem is a paradox to the common 
people; but the learned are all agreed as to its truth. 
Chambers. —’Tis an unnatural paradox in the doftrine of 
caufes, that evil fnould proceed from goodnefs. Holyday, 
You undergo too ft rift a paradox, 
Striving to make an ugly deed look fair. Shahefpeare. 
PARADOX'AL, adj. Paradoxical. Phillips. 
PARADOX'I, or Paradoxol'ogi,/. among the an¬ 
cients were a kind of mimes, or buffoons, who diverted 
the people with their drolling. They were alfo called 
ordinarii, for this reafon apparently, that, as they l’poke 
without ftudy or preparation, they were always ready. 
They had other denominations, as nianicologi, or tellers 
of children’s tales ; and aretalogi, of aptly, virtue, becaufe 
they talked much of their own rare talents and qualifica¬ 
tions. 
PARADOX'IAL, adj. Having the nature of a para¬ 
dox; feemingly contradictory; inclined to new or unpo¬ 
pular opinions. Afn. 
PARADOXICAL, adj. Having the nature of a para¬ 
dox.—Strange it is, how the curiofity of men that have 
been aftive in the inftruftion of beafts, among thofe 
many paradoxical and unheard of imitations, fhould not 
attempt to make one fpeak. Brown's Vulg. Errors. —In- 
clided to new tenets, or notions contrary to received opi¬ 
nions. 
PARADOXICALLY, adv. In a paradoxical manner; 
in a manner contrary to received opinions.—If their va¬ 
nity of appearing fmgular puts them upon advancing pa¬ 
radoxes, and proving them as paradoxically, they are ufu- 
ally laughtar. Collier on Pride. 
PARADOX'ICALNESS, f State of being paradox¬ 
ical. 
PARADOXOL'OGY, /. The ufe of paradoxes.—Per¬ 
pend the difficulty, which obfcurity or unavoidable para* 
doxology muft put upon the attempter. Brown. 
TARADP-O'ME, f [Greek.] A gallery or pafiage 
without any covering over head. 
PARAGA'NA. See Pergunna. 
PARAGAUTLU, f. among the Romans, a fort of 
wreaths, either wholly of gold, or of filk adorned with 
gold, which were interwoven in garments, and not fewed 
to them. The garment was fometimes of one colour, in 
which was woven one paragauda ; others were of two co¬ 
lours, and had two paragaudtc; and fome had three co¬ 
lours, and three paragaudae. They were worn botli by 
men and women. 
PA'RAGE, f. [ paragium , Lat.] In law, an equality 
of blood or dignity; but more efpecially of land, in the 
partition of an inheritance between coheirs. 
Parage is more properly ufed, in ancient cuftoms, for 
an equality of condition among nobles, or perfons hold¬ 
ing nobly. Thus, when a fief is divided among brothers; 
in this cafe, the younger hold their part of the elder by 
parage ; i.e. without any homage or fervice. 
The Cuftomary of Normandy defines tenure by parage 
to be, when, a noble fief being divided among daughters, 
the eldeft does homage to the chief lord for all the reft, 
and the youngeft hold their parts of the reft by parage, 
i. e. without any homage or fealty. 
PARAGO'GE, f. [Greek.] A figure whereby a letter 
or fyllable is added at the end of a word, without adding 
any thing to the fenfe of it; as vajl, vajlly. Johnfon .— 
This is an unfortunate example or illuftration, becaufe 
the affix ly changes the adjeftive into an adverb. We 
find in Latin mirarier for mirari, dicier for dier, See. and 
this er is often added to paffive deponent verbs in the in¬ 
finitive, (from which the er, a very common ending of 
French verbs, took its origin.) We have alfo pntcjhir for 
potejl, and others ; but few- true paragogical initances are 
to be found in modern languages. The old definition in 
the following diftichis correft : 
A paragoge adds unto the end, 
Yet not the fenfe, but meafure, to amend. 
And infaft, the er above mentioned is never ufed but in 
poetry, to obtain a fyllable where it is wanted. Plautus 
and Terence yield many examples ; and we have fome in 
Virgil, &c. Gleanings in Etymology, MS. 
PARAGOG'IC, or Paragogical, adj. Belonging to 
the grammatical figure called paragoge. 
PARAGOG'ICALLY, adv. In a paragogical manner. 
PAR'AGON, f. [ paragon , from parage, equality, old 
Fr, paragone, Ital.] This word crept from Italian into 
French, and we received it from the latter. It comes ori¬ 
ginally perhaps from two Greek words, irupa. and ayury, 
above conteft ; a paragon, Tra.pu.yuri), being a thing incon- 
teftibly excellent, a pattern, a model.—Tunis was never 
graced before with fuch a paragon to their queen. Shake* 
J'peare's Tempejl. 
An angel ! or, if not, 
An earthly paragon. Shahefpeare. 
Companion ; fellow.—Alone he rode without his paragon. 
SpenJ’er.— Emulation; 
Bards tell of many we men valorous, 
Which have full many feats adventurous 
Perform’d, in paragone of proudeft men. Spenfer. 
A match for trial of excellence : 
Minerva did the challenge not refufe; 
But deign’d with her the paragon to make. 
Then did he fet her by that fnowy one, 
Like the true faint befide the image fet. 
Of both their beauties to make paragone, 
And trial, whether fhould the honour get. 
Spenfer. 
Spenfer. 
To PAR'AGON, v. a. To compare; to parallel; to 
mention in competition.—The pifture of Pamela, in little 
form, he wore in a tablet, purpofing to paragon the little 
one with Artefia’s length, not doubting but even, in that 
little quantity, the excellency of that would ftiine through 
the weaknefs of the other. Sidney. 
I’ll give thee bloody teeth, 
If thou with Csefar paragon again 
My man of men. “ Shahejpeare. 
To equal; to be equal to : 
We will wear our mortal ftate with her, 
Catharine our queen, before the primeft creature 
That’s paragon'd i’ th’ world. ShakeJ'peare's Hen. VIII. 
To PAR'AGOhf, v.n. To pretend equality or compan¬ 
ion.—-He fhould convert his eyes to fee the beauty of Do¬ 
rothea, and he fhould fee that few or none could for fea¬ 
ture paragon with her. Shelton's Don Quixote. 
PAR'AGON, one of the largeft of the Calamianes 
Iflands, in the Eaftern Indian Sea. 
PARAGONG'. SeePARO. 
PARAGOR'IC. See Paregoric. 
PAR AGRAM, J. [Greek.] A kind of play upon 
words. Not now in ufe.— Ariftotle, in the eleventh chapter 
of his book of rhetoric, deferibes two or three kinds of 
puns, which lie calls paragrams. Addifon's Sped. N° 61. 
P.ri.R'AGRAPH, J. [from the Gr. Trapa, through, and 
7^(pu, to write.] A diftinft part or divifion of a chapter 
or feftion, fometimes marked thus ^J.—Of his laft pa¬ 
ragraph, I have tranferibed the molt important parts. 
Swift. 
Jo PAR'AGRAPH, v.a. To divide into paragraphs. 
PARAGRAPHICAL, adj. Having diftinft feftions; 
difpofed in proper paragraphs. 
PARAGRAPH'ICALLY, adv. By paragraphs ; with 
diftinft breaks or divifions. 
i PARAGUA'RI, 
