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A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.

Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Refusal to concur.

Not recurring.

Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due. The nonrendition of a service which is due. S. E. Dwight.

Hardness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Obscurity. Bp. Hall.

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision. Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation of something new. I. Watts.

Anything that happens; an occurrence. [Obs.] These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the world. Sir T. Browne.

A current alternating in direction.

Excessively barren.

To rent for too much.

The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma.

Of, pertaining to, or connected with, the parenchyma of a tissue or an organ; as, parenchymatous degeneration.

Exhortation. [R.]

Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive. [R.] F. Potter.

One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother. Children, obey your parents in the Lord. Eph. vi. 1.

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. Though men esteem thee low of parentage. Milton.

Of or pertaining to a parent or to parents; as, parental authority; parental obligations.