paraph

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[edit] Etymology

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From French paraphe or parafe.

[edit] Noun

John Hancock's signature on the United States Declaration of Independence is famous for its size and its bold paraph.

Elizabeth I of England's signature, showing paraph

Benjamin Franklin's signature, showing paraph

paraph (plural paraphs)

1. (chiefly historical) A flourish made after or below signature, originally to prevent forgery.

[edit] References

• “paraph” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “paraph” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.
• "paraph" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
• (etymology) Paraphe, based on the Collins French-English Dictionary, Harpercollins, Flexible edition, August 1990, ISBN 0062755080.
• Paraph, ArtLex Art Dictionary, Michael Delahu, The earliest form of ArtLex appeared on the Web in August, 19; ArtLex was last modified on October 24, 2007, Copyright © 1996-2007.