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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Parallel \Par"al*lel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paralleled}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Paralleling}.]
1. To place or set so as to be parallel; to place so as to be
parallel to, or to conform in direction with, something
else.
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The needle . . . doth parallel and place itself upon
the true meridian. --Sir T.
Browne.
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2. Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character,
motive, aim, or the like.
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His life is paralleled
Even with the stroke and line of his great justice.
--Shak.
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3. To equal; to match; to correspond to. --Shak.
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4. To produce or adduce as a parallel. [R.] --Locke.
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My young remembrance can not parallel
A fellow to it. --Shak.
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