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Paralleled (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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| podobné slovo | definícia |
unparalleled (mass) | unparalleled
- bezpríkladný |
unparalleled (encz) | unparalleled,bezpříkladný adj: Zdeněk Brožunparalleled,nevyrovnatelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Imparalleled (gcide) | Imparalleled \Im*par"al*leled\, a.
Unparalleled. [Obs.]
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Unparalleled (gcide) | Unparalleled \Un*par"al*leled\, a.
Having no parallel, or equal; unequaled; unmatched.
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The unparalleled perseverance of the armies of the
United States, under every suffering and
discouragement, was little short of a miracle.
--Washington.
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unparalleled (wn) | unparalleled
adj 1: radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in
the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether
alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was
unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose
skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a
breakdown of law unparalleled in our history" [syn:
alone(p), unique, unequaled, unequalled,
unparalleled] |
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