paragraphed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of paragraph.

   The copy editor paragraphed the dense chapter into readable sections.

   Once the draft was paragraphed, the argument became much clearer.

   Note

   A regular -ed form, so one spelling serves as both past tense and participle: the editor paragraphed the chapter; the chapter was paragraphed. The verb also has a journalistic meaning, to write someone up in a brief newspaper notice. Letitia Elizabeth Landon's Romance and Reality (1831) warns a would-be public figure, "you will be paragraphed—probably pelted." Before a noun, the participle shades into the descriptive adjective.

2. 2
   adjective

   Containing paragraphs, or organized into distinct paragraph divisions.

   The reviewer praised the tightly paragraphed report for its clarity.

   A properly paragraphed essay guides the reader from one point to the next.

   Similarstructured, organized, divided

   Oppositeunstructured, unbroken

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