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parallelize, v.|ˈpærəlɛˌlaɪz|
[ad. Gr. παραλληλίζ-ειν, f. παράλληλος parallel: see -ize.]
1. trans. To make parallel.
†a. To cause to correspond; to equalize: = parallel v. 2. Obs.
1620T. Granger Div. Logike A ij, To parallelize and euen it with its obiect.
b. To place so as to be parallel; in quot., to dispose in parallel columns.
1900Furnivall E.E.T.S. Statem. Dec. 5 If the Paris text cannot be parallelised, it will form a separate volume.
2. To place side by side, or beside something else, in contemplation; to trace a parallelism or analogy in or between; to compare: = parallel v. 1.
1610E. Bolton Elem. Armories 59 That we should parallelize our Armes with those of the Hebrewes, Greeks, and Romans. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. ii. iv. 42 As Apollo may be very far parallelised with Joshua in Names, so also in Things, or Exploits done. 1701Beverley Apoc. Quest. 28 Its Seven Mountains of Scituation are Paralelliz'd with Seven Heads, Kings. 1887E. D. Cope Orig. Fittest i. ii. 95 The series among Lacertilia of Acrodonta and Iguania, parallelized by Duméril and Bibron.
†3. To furnish with a parallel or counterpart.
1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. ii. iv. 40 We see how accurate Satan was in parallelising the Names, Attributes, and Worship of the true God.
4. To be a match for, to match (usually in pass.): = parallel v. 3–5. rare.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 208 For varietie of Gods temporall blessings..scarce to be paralellized. 1893F. Adams New Egypt 54 The astonishing fertility of the average ox-eyed fellah woman..is parallelised by an infertility of all Europeans and their descendants.
Hence ˌparalleliˈzation, the action of parallelizing; ˈparalleˌlizer, one who parallelizes.
1610E. Bolton Elem. Armories 59 Comparisons, or parallelisations of ancient seales. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 1815 The attempted parallelization between Peter and Paul. 1891E. A. Abbott Philomythus ix. 213 The Ecclesiastical Assimilator or Parallelizer nascitur, non fit. 1892J. Nasmith Students' Cotton Spinning v. 150 Its result is to effect a much greater parallelisation of the fibres in the carded sliver. 1922Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XXXIII. 443 From the meteorological standpoint such a far-reaching parallelization of the fluctuations of the weather from one year to the other, in Sweden and North America, is surprising. 1933Trans. Faraday Soc. XXIX. 211 The process of parallelisation of long thin bodies. |