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† ˈparagonize, v. Obs.
[f. paragon n. + -ize.]
1. trans. To compare, put in competition or rivalry: = paragon v. 1.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 241 Faire women whose excellencie is discouered by paragonizing or setting one to another. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. ii. xxxiii. (1656) 282 Those, who presumed too much upon themselves, and dared to paragonise their privat Nobility, with his immense fortune who reigned.
2. To match, to equal: = paragon v. 2.
1606G. W[oodcocke] Lives Emperors in Hist. Ivstine G g ij, He liued without al example, no man euer paragonizing him. 1635J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 65 If there was any accomplish'd Gentleman, that..paragonized Perosphilo.
3. To serve as a model of, exemplify, typify: = paragon v. 5.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 147 All those excellencies, which none but her selfe can paragonize. |