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parse  v. t.  (past & past part. parsed; pres. part. parsing)  (Gram.) To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically. "Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... Mr. John Wetherell's Exercises on Morris's English Grammar (same publishers and price), very useful, and, though they are small books, quite adequate to your needs. Both can be mastered in a month. The first business is to learn to parse. To parse is "to explain the duty each word performs in a sentence: that is, to tell the relation each word bears to the rest in a sentence:" the definition clearly shows how indispensable to a writer is some skill in parsing. Of course many ...
— Journalism for Women - A Practical Guide • E.A. Bennett

... run, "my feelin's, you cannot parse 'em, even if you wuz better grounded in grammar than I think you be. Not one word from my beloved pardner do I hear—is Josiah dead?" sez I. "But if he is don't tell me; I could not survive, and Tommy has got to be went with. But oh! if sickness and grief for me has bowed that head, ...
— Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife • Marietta Holley



Words linked to "Parse" :   break down, take apart, grammar, dissect



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