PARENTS
Noun
parents
plural of parent
Synonyms
• folks
• parentals
• old fogies
• 'rents
Verb
parents
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parent
Anagrams
• Napster, Partens, arpents, entraps, panters, pastern, persant, trepans
Source: Wiktionary
PARENT
Par"ent, n. Etym: [L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth;
cf. Gr. parent. Cf. Part.]
1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1.
2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness
is the parent of vice.
Regular industry is the parent of sobriety. Channing.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition