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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Paragon \Par"a*gon\, verb (used without an object) To be equal; to hold comparison. [R.]
Few or none could . . . paragon with her. --Shelton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Paragon \Par"a*gon\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*g[o^]n), noun [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.
Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister. --Sir P. Sidney.
2. Emulation; rivalry; competition. [Obs.]
Full many feats adventurous Performed, in paragon of proudest men. --Spenser.
3. A model or pattern; especially a pattern of excellence or perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence. --Udall.
Man, . . . the paragon of animals ! --Shak.
The riches of sweet Mary's son, Boy-rabbi, Israel's paragon. --Emerson.
4. (Print.) A size of type between great primer and double pica. See the Note under {Type}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Paragon \Par"a*gon\, verb (used with an object) [Cf. OF. paragonner, F. parangonner.]
1. To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
2. To compare with; to equal; to rival. [R.] --Spenser.
In arms anon to paragon the morn, The morn new rising. --Glover.
3. To serve as a model for; to surpass. [Obs.]
He hath achieved a maid That paragons description and wild fame. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
paragon
noun
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Paragon Mark Sherman. IEEE Software (Nov 1991).
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
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
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