parement

[Fr., from parer =to deck, to trim; Lat. paro to prepare.] Dre , ornaments; ornamental furniture or clothes. "Til he come to his chambre of parements ." Chaucer: C. Т. , 10,583. par-ěmp-to-sis, s. [Gr., from para = beside; em= en =in, and ptosis a falling.] Rhet.: The same as PAREMBOLE (q. v.). pa-rěn'-chỹ-mạ, s. thing poured in beside: pref. para- , and Gr. eng. chyma=an infusion; engcheo =to pour in: en=in, and cheo =to pour.] [Gr. parengchyma=any. IMG:content-0657.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0658.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0659.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0660.png:[blocks in formation] "This may give one reason to ask, whether this might not be called more properly parental power."- Locke : Civil Government , bk. ii., ch. iii., § 52. 2. Becoming a parent; affectionate, tender, kind.. (Thomson: Summer, 577.) pa-rent-al-lỹ, adv . [Eng. parental ; -ly .] In a parental or fatherly manner; like a parent. "Whatever rights the king enjoys as elector, have been always parentally exercised."- Burke : Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs. *pa-rěn'-tāte, v. i. [Lat. parent a tum , sup. of parento , from parens (gen it. parent is )=a parent.] To offer sacrifices or or perform funeral rites in honor IMG:content-0661.png:[blocks in formation] pa-ren-the-sis ( pl . pa-ren-the-sěş), s . thesis, from para =beside: en in, and thesis =a parenthesis a placing in beside, insertion, parenplacing; tithemi to place; Fr. parenthèse ; Sp. parentesis; Ital. parentesi ; Port. parenthesis .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: A sentence or part of a sentence inserted in the middle of another sentence, with the subject of which it is cognate, but from which it may be omitted without impairing the grammatical construction or or the substantial meaning. It is commonly marked off by upright curved lines ( ), but frequently also by dashes - -. *2. Fig .: An interval. curved lines, used to include words inserted parenII. Print.: A mark consisting of two upright thetically. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0663.png:[blocks in formation] "He is tall and muscular, usually, with legs parent he sized by usage to the saddle."-- Scribner's Magazine , March, 1880, p. 771. păr-en-thět'-ic, păr-en-thět-ic-al, adj . [Gr. parenthetos inserted beside.] [PARENTHESIS.] 1. Of or pertaining to a parenthesis. 2. Of the nature of a parenthesis; inserted as a parenthesis. "To avoid confusion of persons, I would rather suppose the foregoing verse (10) (to whomsoever it may belong) to be parenthetic." - Horne: Psalm lxxiv. 11. 3. Using or containing parentheses; as, a paren thetical style. păr-en-thět-le-al-ly, adv. [Eng. parenthetic al; -ly.] In manner or form of a parenthesis; by or in parenthesis. "This intelligence is certainly mentioned parenthetic ally."-Bryant: Observations on Scripture , p. 163.