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unˈparallel, a.
[un-1 7, 5 b.]
1. Not parallel or correspondent.
1652Th. Pestill in Benlowes Theoph. C 1, To That, Unparallel, This comes so neer, That 't is a Glimpse of Heav'n to leade Thee here. 1674Hickman Quinquart. Hist. (ed. 2) 105 In this also the Parallel is unparallel. 1757Edwards Orig. Sin ii. ii. (1807) II. 237 How unlike and unparallel is this? 1826Lamb Elia ii. Wedding, Certainly there is a jealousy in unparallel subjects.
†2. = unparalleled ppl. a. Obs.
1665J. Spencer Prodigies (ed. 2) 188 The black and terrible Monitors of that unparallel Destruction which ensued. 1666J. Smith Old Age 115 They had had so many..experiences of his unparallel strength.
Hence unˈparallelness.
1719S. Sewall Diary 4 Oct., I ride to Byfield Meeting⁓house; hear Mr. Payson's Son of the Unparallelness of Josiah. |