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† paraˈbien Obs.
[a. Sp. parabien, from para for, bien well, the wish ‘may it be for good to you’, ‘I wish you joy or success’, congratulation.]
A congratulatory compliment, congratulation.
1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. i. v. 47 My Master..rendring me an account of his loue, and I giuing him the Para-bien thereof. 1668Ld. Arlington in Temple's Wks. (1770) I. 516 So that now I can..give you the parabien of this great work. 1681Moores Baffled 9 But instead of giving me the Parabien, you have disturbed my hour of Eating. |