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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Parent" Quotes from Famous Books

... broad-minded—the breadth and depth of perfect health and a clean heart. If she set up a high standard for herself, it was not to measure others by. The judgment of man entered into no part of her character; least of all, the judgment of a parent. ...

— Garrison's Finish - A Romance of the Race-Course • W. B. M. Ferguson

... pregnant, of which I have no certain knowledge, or until I am quite sure that I am not with child. If I do have a child the truth will be made known. In the case of there being no doubt of M. Petri's being the parent, I am ready to marry him; but if he sees for himself that the child is not his I hope he will be reasonable enough to let me alone for the future. As to the expenses and my lodging at Genoa, tell him that he need not trouble himself ...

— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

... larger and can not be made to intersect them. If, however, we admit a series of explosions, this difficulty is removed; and if we grant an explosion at all, there seems to be nothing improbable in the hypothesis that the fragments formed by the bursting of the parent mass would carry away within themselves the same forces and reactions which caused the original bursting, so that they themselves would be likely enough to explode at some time in ...

— Other Worlds - Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries • Garrett P. Serviss

... parent of superstition, that I attribute this saying to the women, who, as mothers, have usually a superstitious dread not only of evil spirits, but also of the evil eye of mortals towards their young ones. When, some twenty years ...

— Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 • Various

... Lady Isabel fell timidly and a blush rose to her cheeks. She did not like to appear to differ from Mrs. Vane, her senior, and her father's guest, but her mind revolted at the bare idea of ingratitude or ridicule cast on an aged parent. ...

— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood

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