4. To produce or adduce as a parallel. [R.] Locke. My young remembrance can not parallel A fellow to it. Shak.
PARALLEL
Par"al*lel, v. i.
Defn: To be parallel; to correspond; to be like. [Obs.] Bacon.
PARALLELABLE
Par"al*lel`a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being paralleled, or equaled. [R.] Bp. Hall.
PARALLELISM
Par"al*lel*ism, n. Etym: [Gr. parallélisme.]
1. The quality or state of being parallel.
2. Resemblance; correspondence; similarity. A close parallelism of thought and incident. T. Warton.
3. Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: — At her feet he bowed, he fell: Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.
PARALLELISTIC
Par`al*lel*is"tic, a.