One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a
mother.
That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as,
idleness is the parent of vice.
1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. Shak. 2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passa...
