1. comparing someone or something to a model of excellence
Usage: literary

Examples

• The critic was paragoning the young artist’s work to that of the masters.
• She found herself paragoning every potential partner to her idealized vision of love.
• The teacher avoided paragoning one student’s essay to another’s in front of the class.
• He spent too much time paragoning his achievements to those of his successful brother.
• The reviewer was paragoning the new restaurant to the finest establishments in the city.