Paralleled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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