para gran dine (para grand in)

[ This large paragraph of Plot in us is not without some small truth in it, if rightly limited and understood. Dr. H. More, Immortal. of Soul, iii. 11. 2. A division of written or printed matter, usually formed by beginning on a new line, and by leaving a small blank space before the first let IMG:content-2289.png:[blocks in formation] 3. A short pa age; a brief notice, as in a newspaper.-4. A character having the form, used to mark or (in manuscript for the pre or in proof) to give direction for the beginning of a new paragraph, or as a mark of reference. This character is a reversed P, the initial let Shak . , A. and C., i. 5. 71. ter of paragraph . Abbreviated par.- Hanging paragraph. See hanging indention , under indention2. paragraph (par'a-graf), v . t . [ paragraph , n.] 1. To form into or write in paragraphs.-2. To mention or speak of in a paragraph; specifically, to make the subject of a paragraph or brief notice in a newspaper. IMG:content-2290.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2291.png:[blocks in formation] I am sneered at by all my acquaintance, and paragraphed in the newspapers. Sheridan, School for Scandal, i 2 3. Same as paraph . The Duke of Orleans, Monsieur the Prince, and superintendents deliver them to the greffier, or clerk, by whom they are to be allowed, that is paragraphed , in parchment. Evelyn , State of France. paragrapher (par'a-graf-er), n. One who writes paragraphs paragraphs for or as if for newspapers; a paragraphist. [He] a erts that his poetry will be read when Shake spere is forgotten. "Po ibly, but not before," remarks a paragrapher. IMG:content-2292.png:[blocks in formation]