Dress parade, Undress parade. See under Dress, and Undress. -- Parade
rest, a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are
required to be silent and motionless. Wilhelm.
Syn. -- Ostentation; display; show. -- Parade, Ostentation. Parade is a
pompous exhibition of things for the purpose of display; ostentation
now generally indicates a parade of virtues or other qualities for
which one expects to be honored. "It was not in the mere parade of
royalty that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power." Robertson.
"We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of
learning, and the noise of victories." Spectator.
Pa*rade" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Parading.]
[Cf. F. parader.] 1. To exhibit in a showy or ostentatious manner; to
show off.
Parading all her sensibility.
Byron.
2. To assemble and form; to marshal; to cause to maneuver or march
ceremoniously; as, to parade troops.
Pa*rade", v. i. 1. To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as
by walking in a public place.
2. To assemble in military order for evolutions and inspection; to form
or march, as in review.
Par"a*digm (?), n. [F. paradigme, L. paradigma, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to
show by the side of, to set up as an example; para` beside + &?; to
show. See Para-, and Diction.]
1. An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] "The paradigms and patterns of
all things." Cudworth.
2. (Gram.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in
all its different forms of inflection.