Parent

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