The needle . . . doth parallel and place itself upon
the true meridian. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character,
motive, aim, or the like.
His life is paralleled Even with the stroke and line
of his great justice. --Shak.
3. To equal; to match; to correspond to. --Shak.
4. To produce or adduce as a parallel. [R.] --Locke.
My young remembrance can not parallel A fellow to
it. --Shak.