† paragonizev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To compare; to put in competition; = paragon v. 1.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)]
evenOE
comparisonc1374
measurea1382
remenec1390
compare1509
confer?1531
to lay togethera1568
lay1577
paragona1586
paragonize1589
set1589
sympathize1600
confront1604
to name on (also in) the same day1609
collate1612
to lay down by1614
sampler1628
to set together1628
matcha1649
run1650
vie1685
to put together1690
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 195 Faire women whose excellencie is discouered by paragonizing or setting one to another.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. xxxiii. 282 Those, who presumed too much upon themselves, and dared to paragonise their privat Nobility, with his immense fortune who reigned.
2. transitive. To serve as a model of; to exemplify or typify. Cf. paragon v. 3.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > find or furnish an instance or example of [verb (transitive)] > be an example or specimen of
paragonize1592
paragon1617
type1627
represent1838
typify1854
1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. Y3v All those excellencies, which none but her selfe can paragonize.
3. transitive. To match or be equal to. Also intransitive: to be equal with. Cf. paragon v. 4.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > be equal to or match
to be even witheOE
match?1529
countervail1530
even1582
suit1583
patterna1586
amate1590
proportionate1590
parallela1594
fellow1596
to hold its level with1598
adequate1599
coequal1599
twin1605
paragonize1606
peer1614
to come upa1616
proportiona1616
paragon1620
parallelize1620
tail1639
to match up to (also with)1958
1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Gg ij He liued without al example, no man euer paragonizing him.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 57 In the vivacity of spirit there is none can paragonize with her.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 65 If there was any accomplish'd Gentleman, that..paragonized Perosphilo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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