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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