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noun
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a father or a mother.
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an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor.
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a source, origin, or cause.
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a protector or guardian.
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EXPANDBiology. any organism that produces or generates another.
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COLLAPSEPhysics. the first nuclide in a radioactive series.
adjective
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being the original source: a parent organization.
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Biology. pertaining to an organism, cell, or complex molecular structure that generates or produces another: parent cell; parent DNA.
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verb (used with object)
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to be or act as parent of: to parent children with both love and discipline.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin parent- (stem of parēns), noun use of present participle of parere to bring forth, breed
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin parent- (stem of parēns), noun use of present participle of parere to bring forth, breed
Related forms
par·ent·less, adjective
par·ent·like, adjective
non·par·ent, noun
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Word Origin & History
parent
1185, from O.Fr. parent (11c.), from L. parentem (nom. parens) "father or mother, ancestor," noun use of prp. of parere "bring forth, give birth to, produce," from PIE base *per- "to bring forth" (see pare). Began to replace native elder after c.1500. The verb is attested from
EXPAND1663. The verbal noun parenting is first recorded 1959 (earlier term had been parentcraft, 1930).
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
parent par·ent (pâr'ənt, pār'-)
n.
One who begets, gives birth to, or nurtures and raises a child; a father or a mother.
An ancestor; a progenitor.
An organism that produces or generates offspring.
To act as a parent to; to rear and nurture.
To cause to come into existence; to serve as a source for; originate.
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