Paragon

par'a-gon, n. a pattern or model with which comparisons are made something supremely excellent. [O. Fr., from Sp. compound prep para con, in comparison with.] Paragraph, par'a-graf, a distinct part of a discourse or writing a short pa age, or a collection of sentences with unity of purpose, —adjs. Paragraphic, Paragraphical. [Lit. that which is written beside the text to shew division, as the mark U, the reversed initial of this word, Fr — Low L- —Gr. paragrapkos— l>ara, beside, grapho, to write, Paraleipsis, par-a-Iip's is, n rhet a figure by winch one fixes attention on a subject by pretending to neglect iGr from paraleipb, to leave on one side—para, beside, and leipb, to leave