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PARAPH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paraph mean?
• PARAPH (noun)
The noun PARAPH has 1 sense:
1. a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery)
Familiarity information: PARAPH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("paraph" is a kind of...):
flourish (an ornamental embellishment in writing)
Holonyms ("paraph" is a part of...):
signature (your name written in your own handwriting)
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