paradigm

paradigm is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.(Gram.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection.
  2. 2.(Rhet.) An illustration, as by a parable or fable.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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