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Definition parent

Etymology

From Middle English parent, borrowed from Anglo-Norman parent, Middle French parent, from Latin parentem, accusative of par?ns (“parent”), present participle of parere (“to breed, bring forth”).

Noun

parent (plural parents)

1. One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father. [from 15th c.]
2. A surrogate mother
3. A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
4. A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
5. (obsolete) A relative. [15th-18th c.]
6. The source or origin of something. [from 16th c.]
7. (biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.]
8. (attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
   1. A parent company. [from 20th c.]
9. (computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node. [from 20th c.]

Verb

parent (third-person singular simple present parents, present participle parenting, simple past and past participle parented)

1. To act as parent, to raise or rear.

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