Parallel

Parallel "Par"al*lel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. ; p. pr. & vb. n. .] 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.
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.