Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to paragon
Participle: paragoned
Gerund: paragoning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | paragon |
| you | paragon |
| he;she;it | paragons |
| we | paragon |
| you | paragon |
| they | paragon |
Perfect
| I | have paragoned |
| you | have paragoned |
| he;she;it | has paragoned |
| we | have paragoned |
| you | have paragoned |
| they | have paragoned |
Past
| I | paragoned |
| you | paragoned |
| he;she;it | paragoned |
| we | paragoned |
| you | paragoned |
| they | paragoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had paragoned |
| you | had paragoned |
| he;she;it | had paragoned |
| we | had paragoned |
| you | had paragoned |
| they | had paragoned |
Future
| I | will paragon |
| you | will paragon |
| he;she;it | will paragon |
| we | will paragon |
| you | will paragon |
| they | will paragon |
Future Perfect
| I | will have paragoned |
| you | will have paragoned |
| he;she;it | will have paragoned |
| we | will have paragoned |
| you | will have paragoned |
| they | will have paragoned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | paragon |
| you | paragon |
| he;she;it | paragon |
| we | paragon |
| you | paragon |
| they | paragon |
Perfect
| I | have paragoned |
| you | have paragoned |
| he;she;it | have paragoned |
| we | have paragoned |
| you | have paragoned |
| they | have paragoned |
Imperfect
| I | paragoned |
| you | paragoned |
| he;she;it | paragoned |
| we | paragoned |
| you | paragoned |
| they | paragoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had paragoned |
| you | had paragoned |
| he;she;it | had paragoned |
| we | had paragoned |
| you | had paragoned |
| they | had paragoned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would paragon |
| you | would paragon |
| he;she;it | would paragon |
| we | would paragon |
| you | would paragon |
| they | would paragon |
Perfect
| I | would have paragoned |
| you | would have paragoned |
| he;she;it | would have paragoned |
| we | would have paragoned |
| you | would have paragoned |
| they | would have paragoned |
Imperative
| you | paragon |
| we | Let's paragon |
| you | paragon |
Verbs conjugated like 'paragon'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'paragon'
jargon,
parasol,
pardon,
arage,
arson,
caracol,
caravan,
carbon,
carcoon,
carton,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1548, from M.Fr.
paragon "a model, pattern of excellence" (15c.), from It.
paragone, originally "touchstone to test gold" (c.1324), from
paragonare "to test on a touchstone, compare," from Gk.
parakonan "to sharpen, whet," from
para- "on the side" +
akone "whetstone," from PIE base
*ak- "be pointed."
2. Borrowed from Middle French paragon, paragone, from Old Italian paragone, from paragonare (“to test on a touchstone”), perhaps from Ancient Greek παρακονᾶν (parakonân, “to sharpen, whet”), from παρά- (pará-) + ἀκόνη (akónē, “whetstone, sharpening stone”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point, edge”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)).
Verbs referencing "paragon"
Italian
paragonare.
Sample Sentences
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for want of a bigger , to paragon the little one with Artesia's length (The New Arcadia) [a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:]
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Few or none could for Feature paragon with her, and much less excel her. [1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount and W. Barret, →OCLC:]
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In arms anon to paragon the morn, / The morn new-riſing, whoſe vermillion hand / Draws from the bright'ning front of heav'n ſerene / The humid curtains of tempeſtuous night, / Mardonius mounts his courſer. [a. 1786, [Richard Glover], “Book the Twenty-seventh”, in [Mrs. Halsey], editor, The Athenaid, a Poem, […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], published 1787, →OCLC, page 192, lines 539–543:]
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He hath achieved a maid / That paragons description and wild fame. [c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:]