Parenthesize to Parley
Parenthesize
(Pa*ren"the*size) v. t. To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks.
Lowell.
Parenthetic
(Par`en*thet"ic Par`en*thet"ic*al) a. [Cf. Gr. .]
1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical
clause; a parenthetic remark.
A parenthetical observation of Moses himself.
Hales. 2. Using or containing parentheses.
Parenthetically
(Par`en*thet"ic*al*ly), adv. In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses.
Parenthood
(Par"ent*hood) n. The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent.
Parenticide
(Pa*ren"ti*cide) n. [L. parenticida a parricide; parens parent + caedere to kill.]
1. The act of one who kills one's own parent. [R.]
2. One who kills one's own parent; a parricide. [R.]
Parentless
(Par"ent*less) a. Deprived of parents.
Parepididymis
(Par*ep`i*did"y*mis) n. [NL. See Para-, and Epididymis.] (Anat.) A small body containing
convoluted tubules, situated near the epididymis in man and some other animals, and supposed to be a
remnant of the anterior part of the Wolffian body.
Parer
(Par"er) n. [From Pare, v. t.] One who, or that which, pares; an instrument for paring.
Parergon
(||Pa*rer"gon) n. [L.] See Parergy.
Parergy
(Par"er*gy) n. [L. parergon, Gr. para` beside + work.] Something unimportant, incidental, or
superfluous. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Paresis
(||Par"e*sis) n. [NL., from Gr. fr. to let go; from + to send.] (Med.) Incomplete paralysis, affecting
motion but not sensation.
Parethmoid
(Par*eth"moid) a. [Pref. para- + ethmoid.] (Anat.) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or
cartilage; — applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals
in some higher animals. — n. A parethmoid bone.
Paretic
(Pa*ret"ic) a. Of or pertaining to paresis; affected with paresis.
Parfay
(Par*fay") interj. [Par + fay.] By my faith; verily. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Parfit
(Par"fit) a. Perfect. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Parfitly
(Par"fit*ly), adv. Perfectly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Parforn
(Par*forn" Par*fourn") , v. t. To perform. [Obs.] Chaucer. Piers Plowman.
Pargasite
(Par"gas*ite) n. [So called from Pargas, in Finland.] (Min.) A dark green aluminous variety
of amphibole, or hornblende.
Pargeboard
(Parge"board`) n. See Bargeboard.
