paragon

t. & i. [PARAGON, 8. ] A. Transitive : 1. To serve as a pattern or model for; to excel. "He hath atchiev'd a maid That paragons description and wild fame." Shakesp.: Othello, ii. 1. 2. To compare, to parallel. "That bright star to Satan paragoned ." Milton: P. L., x. 426. 3. To rival, to equal, to admit comparison with. "Whose prowe e para gone saw never living wight." Spenser: F. Q., III. ii. 13. B. Intransitive: To pretend to comparison or equality.