- Insert into a series - To renew; to carry on with intermission. - To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or
foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the
insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the
author. - To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series,
according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a number or
quantity, in a partial series, according to the law of that part of the
series.
- A distinct section of a piece of writing - Block of text - Text division - Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin
to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject;
now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to
a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections. - A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section
or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular
point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is
sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first
sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual
distance from the margin. - A brief composition complete in one typographical
section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few
lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an
editorial paragraph. - To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character
/.