PARAPH

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
v.

To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials.


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