Pa*role", a. See 2d Parol.
Pa*role", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paroled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paroling.]
(Mil.) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
Par`o*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. fr. &?;, fr. &?; to grant; &?; by, near +
&?; to speak together, agree. See Homologous.] (Rhet.) A concession to
an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
||Par`o*no*ma"si*a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to form a word by
||a slight change; para` beside + &?; to name, fr. &?; a name.] (Rhet.)
||A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in
||different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to
||each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence;
||punning. Dryden.
{ Par`o*no*mas"tic (?), Par`o*no*mas"tic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining
to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.
Par`o*nom"a*sy (?), n. [Cf. F. paronomasie.] Paronomasia. [R.] B.
Jonson.
||Par`o*nych"i*a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; para` beside + &?;, &?;, a
||nail.] (Med.) A whitlow, or felon. Quincy.