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| 6 results for paradise | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Paradise \Par"a*dise\, v. t. To affect or exalt with visions of felicity; to entrance; to bewitch. [R.] --Marston. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Paradise \Par"a*dise\, n. [OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise, fr. Zend pairida[emac]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. [?]) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. {Parvis}.] 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness. The earth Shall be all paradise. --Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. --Beaconsfield. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. {Fool's paradise}. See under {Fool}, and {Limbo}. {Grains of paradise}. (Bot.) See {Melequeta pepper}, under {Pepper}. {Paradise bird}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Bird of paradise}. Among the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina superba}); the magnificent ({Diphyllodes magnifica}); and the six-shafted paradise bird ({Parotia sefilata}). The long-billed paradise birds ({Epimachin[91]}) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird ({Seleucides alba}), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See {Bird of paradise} in the Vocabulary. {Paradise fish} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish ({Macropodus viridiauratus}) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. {Paradise flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), any flycatcher of the genus {Terpsiphone}, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of {T. paradisi} is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. {Paradise grackle} (Zo[94]l.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus {Astrapia}, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. {Paradise nut} (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See {Sapucaia nut}. [Local, U. S.] {Paradise whidah bird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whidah}. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Paradise, CA (town, FIPS 55520) Location: 39.75641 N, 121.60433 W Population (1990): 25408 (11633 housing units) Area: 48.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95969 Paradise, KS (city, FIPS 54325) Location: 39.11455 N, 98.91756 W Population (1990): 66 (36 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67658 Paradise, MI Zip code(s): 49768 Paradise, NV (CDP, FIPS 54600) Location: 36.08082 N, 115.13360 W Population (1990): 124682 (63924 housing units) Area: 123.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Paradise, PA (CDP, FIPS 57840) Location: 40.00677 N, 76.12230 W Population (1990): 1043 (374 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17562 Paradise, TX Zip code(s): 76073 Paradise, UT (town, FIPS 57850) Location: 41.56761 N, 111.83321 W Population (1990): 561 (173 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84328 | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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Paradise Paradise is a subsystem (a set of packages) developed to implement inter-processes, inter-tasks and inter-machine communication for {Ada} programs under {Unix}. This subsystem gives the user full access to files, {pipe}s, {socket}s (both Unix and {Internet}) and {pseudo-device}s. Paradise has been ported to {Sun}, {DEC}, {Sony MIPS}, {Verdex} compiler, DEC compiler, {Alsys}/{Systeam} compiler. {Version 2.0 of the library (ftp://cnam.cnam.fr/pub/Ada/Paradise)}. E-mail: (1992-09-30) | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Paradise a Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or "park" or "king's garden." (See {EDEN}.) It came in course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness and rest hereafter (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7). For "garden" in Gen. 2:8 the LXX. has "paradise." | |
