Definition of Parents. Meaning of Parents. Synonyms of Parents
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Definition of Parents
Parent 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.