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paraph

/ˈpaɹəf/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.
  2. A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division.
  3. To add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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