Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PARENT

PA'RENT, noun [Latin 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 fa...

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PARENTAGE

PAR'ENTAGE, noun Extraction; birth; condition with respect to the rank of parents; as a man of mean parentage; a gentleman of noble parentage

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PARENTAL

PARENT'AL, adjective Pertaining to parents; as parental government.1. Becoming parents; tender; affectionate; as parental care of solicitude.

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PARENTATION

PARENTA'TION, noun [from Latin parento.]Something done or said in honor of the dead.

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PARENTHESIS

PAREN'THESIS, noun [Gr. to insert.] A sentence, or certain words inserted in a sentence, which interrupt the sense or natural connection of words, but serve to explain or qualif...

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PARENTHETICICAL

PARENTHET'IC'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to a parenthesis; expressed in a parenthesis.1. Using parenthesis.

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PARENTICIDE

PARENT'ICIDE, noun [Latin parens and coedo.] One who kills a parent.

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PARENTLESS

PA'RENTLESS, adjective Deprived of parents.

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PARER

PA'RER, noun [from pare.] He or that which pares; an instrument for paring.

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PARERGY

PAR'ERGY, noun [Gr. beyond, and work.] Something unimportant, or done by the by. [Not used.]

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PARGASITE

P'ARGASITE, noun [from the isle Pargas, in Finland.] A mineral of a grayish or bluish green, in rounded grains, with a dull, dun surface, rarely bright; or in crystals in carbon...

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PARGET

P'ARGET, noun Gypsum or plaster stone.1. Plaster laid on roofs or walls.2. Paint.Parget is applied to the several kinds of gypsum, which when slightly calcined, is called plaste...

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PARGETED

P'ARGETED, participle passive Plastered; stuccoed.

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PARGETER

P'ARGETER, noun A plasterer.

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PARGETING

P'ARGETING, participle present tense Plastering; as a noun, plaster or stucco.

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PARHELION

PARHE'LION, noun [Gr. near, and the sun.] A mock sun or meteor, appearing in the form of a bright light near the sun; sometimes tinged with colors like the rainbow, with a lumin...

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PARIAL

PA'RIALPA'RIAN, adjective Pertaining to Paros, an isle in the Egean sea; as Parian marble.Parian chronicle, a chronicle of the city of Athens, engraved on marble in capital lett...

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PARIAN

PA'RIAN, a. Pertaining to Paros, an isle in the Egean sea; as Parian marble.Parian chronicle, a chronicle of the city of Athens, engraved on marble in capital letters in the isl...

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PARIETAL

PARIE'TAL, adjective [from Latin paries, a wall, properly a partition wall, from the root of part or pare.] Pertaining to a wall.1. The parietal bones form the sides and upper p...

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PARIETARY

PARI'ETARY, noun [Latin paries, a wall.] A plant, the pellitory of the wall, of the genus Parietaria.

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PARIETINE

PAR'IETINE, noun [Latin paries, wall.] A piece of a wall. [Not used.]

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PARING

PA'RING, participle present tense Cutting or shaving off the extremities.PA'RING, noun That which is pared off; rind separated from fruit; a piece clipped off.1. The act or prac...

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PARIS

PAR'IS, noun A plant, herb paris or true-love, or rather a genus of plants of one species.

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PARISH

PAR'ISH, noun [Low Latin parochia; Gr. a dwelling or near residence; near, and house, or to dwell; or more probably from the Gr. a salary or largess, an allowance for support; t...

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PARISHIONER

PARISH'IONER, noun One that belongs to a parish.

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PARISYLLABIC

PARISYLLAB'ICPARISYLLAB'ICAL, adjective [Latin par, equal, and syllaba, syllable.]Having equal or like syllables.

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PARISYLLABICAL

PARISYLLAB'ICAL, a. [L. par, equal, and syllaba, syllable.]Having equal or like syllables.