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   parent , n. [L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. πορεῖν to give, beget: cf. F. parent.  Cf. Part.]
   One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.
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   Children, obey your parents in the Lord.
   Eph. vi. 1.
   
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   That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.
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   Regular industry is the parent of sobriety.
   Channing.
   
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   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.
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