parent (parent)

and a. [= F.parent, a kinsman, cousin, ally, = Sp. pariente = Pg. It. pa rente, a parent, Those, for their parents were exceeding poor, I bought and brought up to attend my boys. Shak ., C. of E., i. 1. 57. 2. By extension, any animal in relation to its offspring, or a plant in relation to other plants produced from it; any organism in relation to the individual organisms which it produces by any proce of reproduction. Out of the above 211 seedlings, 173 belonged to the same hirons distet from hand only 38 belonged to the form either parent. Darwin, Different Forms of Flowers, p. 212. 3. One who or that which produces; an author; a cause; a source. And this same progeny of evils comes From our debate, from our di ension; We are their parents and original. Shak., M. N. D., ii. 1. 117. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good. Milton , P. L., v. 153. The South was parent of his pain, The South is mistre of his grave. M. Arnold, Stanzas from Carnac. 4t. A kinsman; relative. Saterdaye to Alex and rya, and there Sonday all daye, where maister Jerom and Augustyn Panyson, with the grete noubre of their worshypfull parent is and cosyns. Sir R. Guylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 5. II. a . Serving as or pertaining to a parent or source. He ordains things sordid in their birth To be resolv'd into their parent earth. Cowper , Charity, 1. 562. parentage (par'en-tāj), n. [F. parentage , relationship, kindred, = It. parentaggio (ML. pa rentagium ), parentage; as parent + -age .] 1. Derivation from parents: as, the parentage of a child; in general, birth; origin: as, the parentage of an animal or a plant; by extension, derivation from an author or source: as, the parentage of a book, or of a legislative bill.-2. Specifically, condition with respect to the rank or char IMG:content-2348.png:[blocks in formation] 3t. Parents collectively. He cald his daughters, and with speeches sage Inquyrd which of them most did love her parentage ? Spenser, F. Q., II. x. 27. 4. The parental relationship as exhibited in the recognition and care of children. To prevent these disturbances of good order [foolish fondne in families], Plato ordains community of wives, and interdicts parentage . G. H. Lewes , Hist. Philos., I. 239. parental (pā-ren'tal), a. [=Sp. parental - It. parent ale , parental is , parental, paren ( t- )s, parent: see parent .] Of or pertaining to parents; proper to or characteristic of a parent: as, parental love; parental government; paren tal duties. Farewell, my Be ! tho' thou'rt bereft Of my parental care. Burns , Farewell. =Syn. Paternal , Maternal , etc. See fatherly , motherly . Parental i a (par-en-ta'li-ä), n . pl . [L., neut. pl. of parental is , parental: see parental . ] Among the ancient Romans, a periodical observance in honor of deceased ancestors, including the visiting of their tombs and the offering to their shades of oblations of food, flowers, and other gifts. Sometimes the tombs were illuminated with lamps. Compare Feralia . parentality (par-en-tal'i-ti), n. [ In parentality there must be two persons concerned, the father and the mother. Bentham , Introd. to Morals and Legislation, xvi. 49. parentally (pa-ren'tal-i), adv. In a parental manner; as a parent. parentationt (par-en-ta's hon), n. [= Sp. pa rent a cion, Some other ceremonies were practised, which differed not much from those used in parent a tions . Abp. Potter , Antiquities of Greece, ii. 18. May, tr. of Lucan's Pharsalia, iv. Let Fortune this new parent at i on make For hated Carthage's dire spirits' sake. A cytula.