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parsed

[pahrs, pahrz] Origin

parse

[pahrs, pahrz] verb, parsed, pars·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
2.
to describe (a word in a sentence) grammatically, identifying the part of speech, inflectional form, syntactic function, etc.
3.
Computers. to analyze (a string of characters) in order to associate groups of characters with the syntactic units of the underlying grammar.
verb (used without object)
4.
to admit of being parsed.

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Parsed is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1545–55; < Latin pars part, as in pars ōrātiōnis part of speech

pars·a·ble, adjective
pars·er, noun
mis·parse, verb (used with object), -parsed, -pars·ing.
un·parsed, adjective
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parse
c.1553, "to state the parts of speech in a sentence," verb use of M.E. pars (n.) "part of speech" (c.1300), from O.Fr. pars, pl. of part "part," from L. pars (see part (n.)) in school question, Quae pars orationis? "What part of speech?"
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