Define the word parent"parent" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
parent \par"ent\ (p[^a]r"ent or p[=a]r"ent; 277), n. [L. parens,
-entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. porei^n to
give, beget: cf. F. parent. Cf. Part.]
1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a
mother.
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord. --Eph. vi.
1.
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2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as,
idleness is the parent of vice.
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Regular industry is the parent of sobriety.
--Channing.
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Parent cell. (Biol.) See Mother cell, under Mother,
also Cytula.
Parent nucleus (Biol.), a nucleus which, in cell division,
divides, and gives rise to two or more daughter nuclei.
See Karyokinesis, and Cell division, under Division.
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"parent" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
parent
n : a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to
or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the
role of guardian [ant: child]
v : bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear,
raise, bring up, nurture]
"parent" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "parent":
agent, ancestor, ancestorial, ancestral, ancestress, author,
begetter, beginner, catalyst, causer, creator, effector,
engenderer, father, fatherlike, fatherly, generator, grandfatherly,
grandmotherly, grandparent, grandparental, guardian, inspirer,
instigator, maker, mater, materfamilias, maternal, mother,
motherlike, motherly, mover, origin, originator, parental, pater,
paterfamilias, paternal, patriarchal, prime mover, primum mobile,
procreator, producer, progenitor, progenitress, progenitrix, root,
sire, source, stepfather, stepmother
"parent" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
parent
(Or "mother", "precedessor") In a tree,
a node which points to at least one daughter node.
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