Paragon \Par"a*gon\, v. i.
To be equal; to hold comparison. [R.]
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Few or none could . . . paragon with her. --Shelton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Paragon \Par"a*gon\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*g[o^]n), n. [OF. paragon, F.
parangon; cf. It. paragone, Sp. paragon, parangon; prob. fr.
Gr. ? to rub against; para` beside + ? whetstone; cf. LGr. ?
a polishing stone.]
1. A companion; a match; an equal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. Emulation; rivalry; competition. [Obs.]
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Full many feats adventurous
Performed, in paragon of proudest men. --Spenser.
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3. A model or pattern; especially a pattern of excellence or
perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence. --Udall.
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Man, . . . the paragon of animals ! --Shak.
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The riches of sweet Mary's son,
Boy-rabbi, Israel's paragon. --Emerson.
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4. (Print.) A size of type between great primer and double
pica. See the Note under Type.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Paragon \Par"a*gon\, v. t. [Cf. OF. paragonner, F. parangonner.]
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1. To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation
with. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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2. To compare with; to equal; to rival. [R.] --Spenser.
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In arms anon to paragon the morn,
The morn new rising. --Glover.
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3. To serve as a model for; to surpass. [Obs.]
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He hath achieved a maid
That paragons description and wild fame. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paragon
n 1: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept [syn: idol,
perfection, beau ideal]
2: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch,
nonsuch]
WordNet (r) 2.0
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "paragon":
A per se, Miss America, ace, acme, apotheosis, archetype,
assimilate, bathing beauty, beau ideal, beaut, beauty,
beauty contest winner, beauty queen, belle, best type, boss, bunny,
champ, champion, charmer, chief, choice, chosen, classic,
commander, compare, cover girl, crackerjack, cream, criterion,
cynosure, dazzler, dean, dream, ego ideal, elect, elite,
enchantress, epitome, exemplar, fat, flower, fugleman, gem, genius,
good example, great beauty, head, hero, higher-up, ideal, jewel,
knockout, lady fair, last word, laureate, leader, liken, looker,
love, lovely, man of men, master, masterpiece, masterwork, match,
mirror, model, nonesuch, nonpareil, optimum, parallel, pattern,
pattern of perfection, peach, phoenix, pick, pinup, pinup girl,
prime, principal, prize, prodigy, prototype, pussycat, queen,
quintessence, raving beauty, reigning beauty, ruler, select,
senior, sex kitten, shining example, slick chick, standard, star,
stunner, superior, superlative, superman, superstar, the best,
the best ever, the greatest, the most, the tops, the very best,
top dog, tops, trump, ultimate, very model, virtuoso
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Paragon
Mark Sherman. IEEE Software (Nov 1991).
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
Paragon, IN (town, FIPS 57870)
Location: 39.39485 N, 86.56305 W
Population (1990): 515 (194 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 46166
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Paragon, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 663
Housing Units (2000): 275
Land area (2000): 0.251058 sq. miles (0.650237 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.251058 sq. miles (0.650237 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57870
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.394901 N, 86.561797 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 46166
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paragon, IN
Paragon
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
apotheosis, beau ideal, ideal, idol, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, perfection, saint
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