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Definition of Parented
1. Adjective. Having a parent or parents or cared for by parent surrogates.
Definition of Parented
1. Verb. (past of parent) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parented
1. parent [v] - See also: parent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parented
Literary usage of Parented
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Self-culture, and Perfection of Character Including the Management of Youth by Orson Squire Fowler (1847)
"All our splendid varieties of the pear doubtless spring from an austere, hard,
astringent variety, and this parented by the little, insipid thorn-pear. ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"You can occasionally see such examples as these: The twins were parented, it is
often held, by the Renaissance —Times Literary Supp., 8 May 1948 . . . the ..."
3. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"So when something doesn't have a parent, it's parented to $nothing.” In other
words, $nothing was the perfect parent for $root, which in order to be a ..."
4. The Child's Unconscious Mind: The Relations of Psychoanalysis to Education by Wilfrid Lay (1919)
"In this case the child lacks at least a part of one parent, is, let us say,
three-quarters parented (to make a verb out of a noun), or three-eighths ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1854)
"4, c. 23. [There can be no doubt, that the progress of Christianity was much
assisted by these ample funds. But they parented also many of the mischiefs, ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1854)
"23. [There can be no doubt, that the progress of Christianity was much assisted
by these ample funds. But they parented also many of the mischiefs. by which ..."
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