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paradoxes


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paradox  \Par`a*dox\,  n.;  pl  {Paradoxes}.  [F.  paradoxe,  L. 
  paradoxum  fr  Gr  ?;  ?  beside,  beyond,  contrary  to  +  ?  to 
  think,  suppose,  imagine.  See  {Para-},  and  {Dogma}.] 
  A  tenet  or  proposition  contrary  to  received  opinion;  an 
  assertion  or  sentiment  seemingly  contradictory,  or  opposed  to 
  common  sense  that  which  in  appearance  or  terms  is  absurd, 
  but  yet  may  be  true  in  fact 
 
  A  gloss  there  is  to  color  that  paradox,  and  make  it 
  appear  in  show  not  to  be  altogether  unreasonable. 
  --Hooker. 
 
  This  was  sometime  a  paradox,  but  now  the  time  gives  it 
  proof.  --Shak. 
 
  {Hydrostatic  paradox}.  See  under  {Hydrostatic}. 




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