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Webster 1913 Edition

parent

par′ent

(pâr′ent or pār′ent; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.
parens
,
-entis
; akin to
parere
to bring forth; cf. Gr.
πορεῖν
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Parent

PA'RENT

,
Noun.
[L. parens, from pario, to produce or bring forth. The regular participle of pario is pariens,and parens is the regular participle of pareo, to appear.]
1.
A father or mother; he or she that produces young. The duties of parents to their children are to maintain, protect and educate them.
When parents are wanting in authority, children are wanting in duty.
2.
That which produces; cause; source.
Idleness is the parent of vice.
Regular industry is the parent of sobriety.

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