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. 1.
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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