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Webster 1913 Edition

parse

parse

(pärs)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
parsed
(pärst)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
parsing
.]
[L.
pars
a part;
pars orationis
a part of speech. See
Part
,
Noun.
]
(Gram.)
To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.
Let him construe the letter into English, and
parse
it over perfectly.
Ascham.

Webster 1828 Edition

Parse

PARSE

,
Verb.
T.
p`ars. [from L. pars, part.] In grammar, to resolve a sentence into its elements, or to show the several parts of speech composing a sentence, and their relation to each other by government or agreement.

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