a. [ L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide. ] Procurable. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. &unr_; a placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a parable, fr. &unr_; to throw beside, compare;
Declare unto us the parable of the tares. Matt. xiii. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To represent by parable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]