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Webster 1913 Edition


Parataxis

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Parˊa-tax′is

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a placing beside, fr. [GREEK] to place beside.]
(Gram.)
The mere ranging of propositions one after another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; – opposed to
syntax
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Brande & C.