2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; — followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies.
3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen. The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy. Bacon.
PAREGORIC
Par`e*gor"ic a. Etym: [L. paregoricus, Gr. parégorique. See
Allegory.]
Defn: Mitigating; assuaging or soothing pain; as, paregoric elixir.
PAREGORIC
Par`e*gor"ic, n. (Med.)
Defn: A medicine that mitigates pain; an anodyne; specifically, camphorated tincture of opium; — called also paregoric elexir.
PARELCON
Pa*rel"con, n. Etym: [Gr. (Gram.)
Defn: The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb.
PARELECTRONOMIC
Par`e*lec`tro*nom"ic, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Of or relating to parelectronomy; as, the parelectronomic part of a muscle.