sis, s. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense of that which encloses it ; commonly marked thus ( ). [plu. An essay on punctuation - Page 55by Francis Francillon - 1842Full view - About this book
| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...of Kings, It is an attribute to God himself.'1 VII. PARENTHESIS. Parenthesis, says Dr. Johnson, is a sentence so' included in another sentence, ,as that...without injuring the sense of that which encloses it. This figure, rather used to impart variety than elegance to composition, should be read or spoken in... | |
| John Walker - 1828 - 462 pages
...extraction, birth. Parental, pa-ren'-tal. a. becoming parents. Parenthesis, pâ-rên'-fAè-sb. ». a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense ofthat which encloses it Parer, pà'-rur. ». an instrument to cut away the surface. Parhelion, par-hè'-lè-an.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1828 - 860 pages
...; pertaining to parents. PARENTHESIS, (pa-ren'-iAe-sis) n. ,. A clause in another sentence,' winch may be taken out, without injuring the sense of that which encloses it; being commonly marked thus ( ). PARENTHETICAL, (par-en-i7,et'-e-kal) ) PAUENTHETICK, (par-en-'iAetMky \ a. Pertaining to a parenthesis.... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...parents. PARENTHESIS, nt Fr. ^arenthete ; Or. PAR irnjja iv 7-i3i);ii. A sentence so included in another, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense of that which encloses it : and commonly marked thus, ( ). In vain is my person exempted bv zji'mntneiis of words, when so many... | |
| John Ashburnham - 1830 - 440 pages
...admission of facts on the writer's own authority. A parenthesis is in Johnson's Dictionary defined to be " a sentence so included in another sentence, " as that...without injuring the " sense of that which encloses it." Rapin, whose uniform omissions betray the want, not of advertency, but of candour, is evidently of... | |
| John Walker - 1834 - 460 pages
...extraction, birth. Parental, pâ-ren'-lal. a. becoming parents. Parenthesis, pà-ren'-iAè-sfs. ». a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense ofthat which encloses it. Parer) pà' -rar. s. an instrument to cut away the surface. Parhelion, pnr-hè'-lè-an.... | |
| John Walker, Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 458 pages
...parents. Pa ren the sis, pa-ren' the vsls, s. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it ma}' be taken out, without injuring the sense of that which encloses it ; commonly marked thus ( ). [plu. Pa ren the ses, pâ-rèn' the Nsèz, s. Pa rer, pà' гиг, s. an... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 404 pages
...iVrentage, *. birth, extraction, descent Piirent'al, a. pertaining to parents 0 ] PA R Paren'thesis, *. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that...without injuring the sense of that which encloses it Parenthetical, a. relating to a parenthesis Parent'Uude, *- killing a father or mother Pa'rer, *. a... | |
| John Walker - 1837 - 478 pages
...par're'n-tadje. s. extraction, birth. Parental, pi-ren'tal. a. becoming parents. Parenthesis, pa-r?n'«W-sIs. s. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense oi'it. [the surface. Rarer, pa'rfir. s. an instrument to cut away Parhelion, par-h&'le-fin. s. a mock... | |
| William Cramp - 1838 - 276 pages
...parembole relates to the subject, the parenthesis is foreign to it. PARENTHESIS, a sentence so inclosed in another sentence as that it may be taken out without injuring the sense of that which encloses it. Mr. Brenan, in his volume on Composition, has censured the use of the parenthesis, and consigns it... | |
| |