||Par`emp*to"sis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; a coming in beside; para`
||beside + &?; to fall in.] Same as Parembole.
Pa*ren"chy*ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to pour in beside;
para` beside + &?; in + &?; to pour: cf. F. parenchyme.] (Biol.) The
soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the
pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.
Pa*ren"chy*mal (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma.
{ Par`en*chym"a*tous (?), Pa*ren"chy*mous (?), } a. [Cf. F.
parenchymateux.] Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma
of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration.
||Pa*ren"e*sis (?), n. [L. paraenesis, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to advise.]
||Exhortation. [R.]
{ Par`e*net"ic (?), Par`e*net"io*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F.
parÈnÈtique.] Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive. [R.] F. Potter.
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.
Par"ent*age (?), n. [Cf. F. parentage relationship.] Descent from
parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to
their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble
parentage. "Wilt thou deny thy parentage?" Shak.
Though men esteem thee low of parentage.
Milton.
Pa*ren"tal (?), a. [L. parentalis.] 1. Of or pertaining to a parent or
to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.
2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate;
devoted; as, parental care.
The careful course and parental provision of nature.
Sir T. Browne.
Pa*ren"tal*ly, adv. In a parental manner.
Par`en*ta"tion (?), n. [L. parentatio, fr. parentare to offer a solemn
sacrifice in honor of deceased parents. See Parent.] Something done or
said in honor of the dead; obsequies. [Obs.] Abp. Potter.
Par"en`tele` (?), n. [F. parentËle, L. parentela.] Kinship; parentage.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Pa*ren"the*sis (?), n.; pl. Parentheses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
to put in beside, insert; para` beside + &?; in + &?; to put, place.
See Para-, En-, 2, and Thesis.]
1. A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation,
inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically
complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see
def. 2 below), or dashes. "Seldom mentioned without a derogatory
parenthesis." Sir T. Browne.
Don't suffer every occasional thought to carry you away into a long
parenthesis.
Watts.
2. (Print.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word
or phrase.
Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a sentence which is
inclosed within the recognized sign; but many phrases and sentences
which are punctuated by commas are logically parenthetical. In def. 1,
the phrase "by way of comment or explanation" is inserted for
explanation, and the sentence would be grammatically complete without
it. The present tendency is to avoid using the distinctive marks,
except when confusion would arise from a less conspicuous separation.
Pa*ren"the*size (?), v. t. To make a parenthesis of; to include within
parenthetical marks. Lowell.
{ Par`en*thet"ic (?), Par`en*thet"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. Gr. &?;.] 1. Of
the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in,
a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark.
A parenthetical observation of Moses himself.
Hales.