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. Paragon
(Par"a*gon), v. i. To be equal; to hold comparison. [R.]
Few or none could . . . paragon with her.
Shelton. Paragonite
(Pa*rag"o*nite) n. [From Gr. p. pr. of to mislead.] (Min.) A kind of mica related to muscovite,
but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.
Paragram
(Par"a*gram) n. [Gr. that which one writes beside. See Paragraph.] A pun.
Puns, which he calls paragrams.
Addison. Paragrammatist
(Par`a*gram"ma*tist) n. A punster.
Paragrandine
(||Pa`ra*gran"di*ne) n. [It., from parare to parry + grandine hail.] An instrument to avert
the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragrêle. Knight.
Paragraph
(Par"a*graph) n. [F. paragraphe, LL. paragraphus, fr. Gr. para`grafos (sc. grammh`) a
line or stroke drawn in the margin, fr. paragra`fein to write beside; para` beside + gra`fein to write. See
Para- , and Graphic, and cf. Paraph.]
1. 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.
This character is merely a modification of a capital P (the initial of the word paragraph), the letter being
reversed, and the black part made white and the white part black for the sake of distinctiveness.
2. 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.
3. 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.
Paragraph
(Par"a*graph), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paragraphed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Paragraphing.]
1. To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character ¶.
2. To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article.
3. To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs
