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



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