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.

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