paraph

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"He has now added this crown and this paraph to his coat-of-arms," said

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  1. noun A flourish made after or below a signature, originally to prevent forgery.

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  1. French paraphe, from Old French paraffe, abbreviated signature, from Medieval Latin paraphus, paragraph sign, short for paragraphus; see paragraph.

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  1. from Middle English paraf, paraffe; from Old French (and F.) paraphe, parafe = Spanish párrafo = Portuguese parrafo = Italian parafo, a paragraph, signature, flourish: see paragraph.
  2. from Middle English parafen, paraffen, from Old French (and F.) parapher, parafer; from the noun.
 

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/ˈpæræf/
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