n. [ OF. aparence. ] Appearance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Appearance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apparentness; state of being apparent. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The position of being heir apparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See Appear. ] 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. [ 1913 Webster ]

The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is apparent foul play. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. --
Apparent time. See Time. --
Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An heir apparent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll draw it [ the sword ] as apparent to the crown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Visibly. [ Obs. ] Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he should scorn me so apparently. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness. [ R. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Arenas L. Arenæ [ L. arena, harena, sand, a sandy place. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) “Sand” or “gravel” in the kidneys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arenaceus, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arenarius, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy; as, arenarious soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arenatio, fr. arena sand. ] (Med.) A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL. arendator, arrendator, fr. arendare, arrendare, to pay rent, fr. arenda yearly rent; ad + renda, F. rente, E. rent. Cf. Arrentation and Rent. ] In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A person who rents an estate belonging to the crown is called crown arendator. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖‖ n. [ Malayan. ] A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arena sand + colere to cherish or live. ] (Paleon.) An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. growing or living or burrowing in sand. arenicolous worms [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. arena sand + Gr. li`qos stone. ] Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arenosus, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy; full of sand. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arenula fine sand, dim. of arena. ] Full of fine sand; like sand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. conscious knowledge; as, he had no awareness of his mistakes.
Syn. -- cognizance, knowingness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; as, the crash intruded on his awareness.
Syn. -- sentience. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having the neck bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being bare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. carena, corrupted fr. quarentena. See Quarantine. ] (Ecol.) A fast of forty days on bread and water. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Her.) See King-at-arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is in nonpareil Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Fare, v. i. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. hareng herring (LL. harengus) + -form. ] Herring-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A language spoken in the Thai-Burmese borderlands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. lac, lactis, milk. ] A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a dance performed by dancers in a line, or several lines, consisting mainly of hand and arm movements; also, the name of the song to which the dance is usually performed. It became popular in 1996. [ PJC ]

n. [ NL. Salmo maraena, G. maräne, moräne; -- so called from Lake Morin, in the March of Brandenburg, in Prussia. ] (Zool.) A European whitefish of the genus Coregonus. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ L. Nazarenus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; Nazareth. ] 1. A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Judaizing Christians in the first and second centuries, who observed the laws of Moses, and held to certain heresies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. pare`gchyma, fr. paregchei^n to pour in beside; para` beside + 'en in + chei^n to pour: cf. F. parenchyme. ] (Biol.) The soft cellular substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, the soft tissue of glands, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. parenchymateux. ] Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. paraenesis, Gr. parai`nesis, fr. parainei^n to advise. ] Exhortation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. parainetiko`s: cf. F. parénétique. ] Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive. [ R. ] F. Potter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parens, -entis; akin to parere to bring forth; cf. Gr. porei^n to give, beget: cf. F. parent. Cf. Part. ] 1. One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. [ 1913 Webster ]

Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regular industry is the parent of sobriety. Channing. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. parentage relationship. ] Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. “Wilt thou deny thy parentage?” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though men esteem thee low of parentage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. parentalis. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations; parental affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Becoming to, or characteristic of, parents; tender; affectionate; devoted; as, parental care. [ 1913 Webster ]

The careful course and parental provision of nature. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a parental manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parentatio, fr. parentare to offer a solemn sacrifice in honor of deceased parents. See Parent. ] Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. [ Obs. ] Abp. Potter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. parentèle, L. parentela. ] Kinship; parentage. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Parentheses [ NL., fr. Gr. pare`nqesis, fr. parentiqe`nai to put in beside, insert; para` beside + 'en in + tiqe`nai to put, place. See Para-, En-, 2, and Thesis. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes. “Seldom mentioned without a derogatory parenthesis.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Don't suffer every occasional thought to carry you away into a long parenthesis. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) One of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Parenthesis, in technical grammar, is that part of a sentence which is inclosed within the recognized sign; but many phrases and sentences which are punctuated by commas are logically parenthetical. In def. 1, the phrase “by way of comment or explanation” is inserted for explanation, and the sentence would be grammatically complete without it. The present tendency is to avoid using the distinctive marks, except when confusion would arise from a less conspicuous separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. Gr. pare`nqetos. ] 1. Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as if in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic remark; a parenthetical style. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A parenthetical observation of Moses himself. Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Using or containing parentheses. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Added within parentheses to amplify or explain; as, parenthetical remarks. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a parenthetical manner; by way of parenthesis; by parentheses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parenticida a parricide; parens parent + caedere to kill. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of one who kills one's own parent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who kills one's own parent; a parricide. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deprived of parents. [ 1913 Webster ]