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noun

parent n.

One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. "Children, obey your parents in the Lord."

That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. "Regular industry is the parent of sobriety."

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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Etymology of 'Parent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Parent" Quotes from Famous Books

... relates the experience of one of those unfortunate children whose early days are passed in the companionship of a governess, seldom seeing either parent, and famishing for natural love and tenderness. A charming play as dramatized by ...

— The Black Box • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... separation from him, the son had grown to think of his parent as a whimsical invalid, only. Oddly enough, with his own physical infirmity, he had come to look upon any bodily weakness of other lads or men as something almost degrading. He had always felt himself disgraced by his own lameness. It was this which had given him so bitter ...

— Reels and Spindles - A Story of Mill Life • Evelyn Raymond

... Virtus fama decus divina humanaque pulchris Divitiis parent: quas qui construxerit ille Clarus erit, fortis, justus. Sapiensne? Etiam ...

— Rosalynde - or, Euphues' Golden Legacy • Thomas Lodge

... always been my pet as being the parent of all the other works. But they had not been long in existence before the advantage of wrought- over cast-iron became manifest. Accordingly, to insure uniform quality, and also to make certain shapes which ...

— Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie • Andrew Carnegie

... sense and understanding interfere with comfortable ignorances that aren't pleasant to be interfered with. Does this female parent know anything about Harrie? Did she let her daughter become engaged before ...

— People Like That • Kate Langley Bosher

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