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Look up: paragon

  1. Paragon
    Paragon is a town in Morgan County Indiana, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. paragon
    [n] - an ideal instance
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Paragon
    Mark Sherman. IEEE Software (Nov 1991).
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  4. Paragon
    Par'a·gon noun [ Old French paragon , French parangon ; confer Italian paragone , Spanish paragon , parangon ; probably from Greek ... to rub against; para` beside + ... whetstone; confer LGr. ... a polishing stone.] 1. A companion; a match; an equal. [ Obsolete] Spenser. « Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sist ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/18

  5. Paragon
    Par'a·gon transitive verb [ Confer Old French paragonner , French parangonner .] 1. To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with. [ Obsolete] 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/18

  6. Paragon
    Par'a·gon intransitive verb To be equal; to hold comparison. [ R.] « Few or none could . . . paragon with her.» Shelton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/18

  7. paragon
    idol noun an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Paragon
    • (v. t.) To compare with; to equal; to rival. • (v. t.) To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with. • (n.) Emulation; rivalry; competition. • (n.) A model or pattern; a pattern of excellence or perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence. • (v. i.) To be equal; to hold comparison. • (v. t.) To s...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. paragon
    1. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept
    2. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

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