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Parent : (noun)
1: a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to
or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the
role of guardian [ant: child]
(verb)
1: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear,
raise, bring up, nurture]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Parent : \Par"ent\, n. [L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring
forth; cf. Gr. ? to give, beget: cf. F. 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Parent :
(Or "mother", "precedessor") In a tree,
a node which points to at least one daughter node.
(1998-11-14)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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