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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paraph  \Par"aph\,  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paraph  \Par"aph\,  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. 




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