| Parent |
n. |
One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. |
| Parent |
n. |
That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. |
| Parentage |
n. |
Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. |
| Parental |
a. |
Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations. |
| Parental |
a. |
Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care. |
| Parentally |
adv. |
In a parental manner. |
| Parentation |
n. |
Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. |
| Parentele |
n. |
Kinship; parentage. |
| Parentheses |
pl. |
of Parenthesis |
| Parenthesis |
n. |
A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes. |
| Parenthesis |
n. |
One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase. |
| Parenthesize |
v. t. |
To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks. |
| Parenthetic |
a. |
Alt. of Parenthetical |
| Parenthetical |
a. |
Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark. |
| Parenthetical |
a. |
Using or containing parentheses. |
| Parenthetically |
adv. |
In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses. |
| Parenthood |
n. |
The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent. |
| Parentless |
a. |
Deprived of parents. |
| Parentticide |
n. |
The act of one who kills one's own parent. |
| Parentticide |
n. |
One who kills one's own parent; a parricide. |
