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Synonyms for paragraphed


Grammar : Adj
Spell : par-uh-graf, -grahf
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpær əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf



Définition of paragraphed

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French paragraphe "division of text" (13c., Old French paragrafe), from Medieval Latin paragraphus "sign for start of a new section of discourse" (the sign looked something like a stylized letter -P-), from Greek paragraphos "short stroke in the margin marking a break in sense," also "a passage so marked," literally "anything written beside," from paragraphein "write by the side," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + graphein "to write" (see -graphy).
  • As in indented : adj depressed
Example sentences :
  • But I have paragraphed it in the Nation, to which I refer you.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Henry James (volume I) » by Henry James
  • I am sneered at by all my acquaintance, and paragraphed in the newspapers.
  • Extract from : « The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 » by Ministry of Education
  • When you have been paragraphed thoroughly, went on Rimnezthe next move will be a dash into what is called swagger society.
  • Extract from : « The Sorrows of Satan » by Marie Corelli
  • They are very brief, follow a prescribed form and, if necessary, are paragraphed in the same way as the letter.
  • Extract from : « Military Instructors Manual » by James P. Cole and Oliver Schoonmaker
  • Since the lead is in itself a separate part of the story it should always be paragraphed separately.
  • Extract from : « Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence » by Grant Milnor Hyde
  • It was not a long story under a half-column head, but the few lines were double-leaded, and paragraphed at every period.
  • Extract from : « The Mission of Poubalov » by Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) Burton
  • I was lampooned, caricatured, and paragraphed in the newspapers, in a thousand different ways.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various

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